A Novel Path Planning for Robots Based on Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree and Particle Swarm Optimizer Algorithm

Zhou Feng (Shandong Institute of Commerce And Technology)

IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA)
Vol 3, No 2: June 2014

A based on Rapidly-exploring Random Tree(RRT) and Particle Swarm Optimizer (PSO) for path planning of the robot is proposed.First the grid method is built to describe the working space of the mobile robot,then the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree algorithm is used to obtain the global navigation path,and the Particle Swarm Optimizer algorithm is adopted to get the better path.Computer experiment results demonstrate that this novel algorithm can plan an optimal path rapidly in a cluttered environment.The successful obstacle avoidance is achieved,and the model is robust and performs reliably.