Path Planning of Robots in 3D Space Based on an Improved Ant Colony Algorithm

Abstract

As regards to the problem of mobile robot path planning in 3d space under the given environmental information,a kind of path planning algorithm is presented based on progressed ant colony algorithm.This paper describes a simple and effective environment modeling method,and then provides methods of algorithm improvement on pheromone representation,route point choosing and pheromone updating rules.The simulation results show low time-consuming and practicality of algorithm.