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This paper provides an extensive review on algorithms for constructing Minkowski sums and differences of polygons and polyhedra, both convex and non-convex, commonly known as no-fit polygons and configuration space obstacles. The Minkowski difference is a set operation, which when applied to shapes defines a method for efficient overlap detection, providing an important tool in packing and motion-planning problems. This is the first complete review on this specific topic, and aims to unify algorithms spread over the literature of se