A Modified Membrane-Inspired Algorithm Based on Particle Swarm Optimization for Mobile Robot Path Planning

Authors

  • Xueyuan Wang 1. School of Electrical Engineering Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu 610031, P.R. China 2. School of Information Engineering Southwest University of Science and Technology MianYang 621010, P.R.China
  • Gexiang Zhang School of Electrical Engineering Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu 610031, P.R. China
  • Junbo Zhao School of Electrical Engineering Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu 610031, P.R. China
  • Haina Rong School of Electrical Engineering Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu 610031, P.R. China
  • Florentin Ipate Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bucharest Academiei 14, Bucharest, Romania
  • Raluca Lefticaru Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bucharest Academiei 14, Bucharest, Romania

Keywords:

Membrane computing, evolutionary membrane computing, particle swarm optimization, variable dimensions, mobile robot path planning, membrane systems

Abstract

To solve the multi-objective mobile robot path planning in a dangerous environment with dynamic obstacles, this paper proposes a modified membraneinspired algorithm based on particle swarm optimization (mMPSO), which combines membrane systems with particle swarm optimization. In mMPSO, a dynamic double one-level membrane structure is introduced to arrange the particles with various dimensions and perform the communications between particles in different membranes; a point repair algorithm is presented to change an infeasible path into a feasible path; a smoothness algorithm is proposed to remove the redundant information of a feasible path; inspired by the idea of tightening the fishing line, a moving direction adjustment for each node of a path is introduced to enhance the algorithm performance. Extensive experiments conducted in different environments with three kinds of grid models and five kinds of obstacles show the effectiveness and practicality of mMPSO.

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Published

2015-06-01

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