为了泛化RRT(快速搜索随机树)算法在智能车辆路径规划领域内的应用,解决该算法搜索效率低、最近邻搜索函数不合理等问题,本文提出了一种基于A^*引导域的RRT路径规划算法.该算法将A^*算法与RRT搜索算法进行有效地结合,利用由A^*算法在低分辨率栅格图中生成的最短路径来构建引导域,以提升RRT算法的采样效率;同时在设计RRT算法的最近邻搜索函数时考虑车辆自身约束,以增强搜索树节点选择的合理性.通过仿真实验和实车测试,对该算法的优越性、有效性和实用性进行了验证.
This paper proposes a RRT path planning algorithm based on the guiding-area which is generated with the A^* algorithm. This algorithm can benefit the domain from the following aspects: the applications of RRT algorithm to the field of path planning for the intelligent vehicle can be improved significantly. The performance of the traditional RRT algorithm can be enhanced by solving some inherent issues, such as low searching efficiency, irrational nearest neighbour searching functions etc. The novel algorithm combines A^* and RRT effectively. Based on low resolution grid map, A^* algorithm is applied to construct the guiding area, which is used to improve the sampling efficiency. To enhance the reasonableness of the selection of searching tree node, the vehicle's constraints are considered in the design of the nearest neighbour searching function. Finally, the superiority, validity and practicability of the proposed algorithm is verified in simulations and experiments with the real vehicle