Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization

Path planning of mobile robots in complex environments is the most challenging research. A hybrid approach combining the enhanced ant colony system with the local optimization algorithm based on path geometric features, called EACSPGO, has been presented in this study for mobile robot path planning....

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Main Authors: Songcan Zhang, Jiexin Pu, Yanna Si, Lifan Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-05-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/17298814211019222
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description Path planning of mobile robots in complex environments is the most challenging research. A hybrid approach combining the enhanced ant colony system with the local optimization algorithm based on path geometric features, called EACSPGO, has been presented in this study for mobile robot path planning. Firstly, the simplified model of pheromone diffusion, the pheromone initialization strategy of unequal allocation, and the adaptive pheromone update mechanism have been simultaneously introduced to enhance the classical ant colony algorithm, thus providing a significant improvement in the computation efficiency and the quality of the solutions. A local optimization method based on path geometric features has been designed to further optimize the initial path and achieve a good convergence rate. Finally, the performance and advantages of the proposed approach have been verified by a series of tests in the mobile robot path planning. The simulation results demonstrate that the presented EACSPGO approach provides better solutions, adaptability, stability, and faster convergence rate compared to the other tested optimization algorithms.
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spelling doaj.art-9598b16f98974a17b450dd2b23b388982022-12-21T20:26:03ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems1729-88142021-05-011810.1177/17298814211019222Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimizationSongcan Zhang0Jiexin Pu1Yanna Si2Lifan Sun3 School of Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China School of Information Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China School of Information Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaPath planning of mobile robots in complex environments is the most challenging research. A hybrid approach combining the enhanced ant colony system with the local optimization algorithm based on path geometric features, called EACSPGO, has been presented in this study for mobile robot path planning. Firstly, the simplified model of pheromone diffusion, the pheromone initialization strategy of unequal allocation, and the adaptive pheromone update mechanism have been simultaneously introduced to enhance the classical ant colony algorithm, thus providing a significant improvement in the computation efficiency and the quality of the solutions. A local optimization method based on path geometric features has been designed to further optimize the initial path and achieve a good convergence rate. Finally, the performance and advantages of the proposed approach have been verified by a series of tests in the mobile robot path planning. The simulation results demonstrate that the presented EACSPGO approach provides better solutions, adaptability, stability, and faster convergence rate compared to the other tested optimization algorithms.https://doi.org/10.1177/17298814211019222
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Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
title Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
title_full Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
title_fullStr Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
title_full_unstemmed Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
title_short Path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
title_sort path planning for mobile robot using an enhanced ant colony optimization and path geometric optimization
url https://doi.org/10.1177/17298814211019222
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