PATH PLANNING FOR FREE-FLYING SPACE ROBOT USING ANT ALGORITHM

Obstacle avoidance path planning for free-flying space robot is realized by the use of ant algorithm. The ant algorithm is a class of population based bionic algorithm, which provides new methods for complex combinatorial optimization problem. The ant algorithm is improved appropriately so that it is applicable to path planning for free-flying space robot. Then, the algorithm is implemented with computer simulation and preferable results are obtained.