A Review of Mobile Robot Path-planning Research

Path-planning algorithms are crucial for enabling mobile robots to navigate autonomously and develop automation and artificial intelligence (AI). Thus, we analyzed mainstream path-planning algorithms and categorized them into conventional, smart search, sampling-based, and AI path-planning solutions. The model principle of the relevant algorithms was introduced, and their advantages and disadvantages were analyzed in this study. We also summarised the existing problems in path-planning for mobile robots and analyzed the development trends of future path-planning algorithms for mobile robots. We made suggestions to promote the progress of related research.