The invention discloses an
energy consumption optimization path
planning method and
system for unmanned aerial vehicle routing inspection, and relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle routing inspection path planning, and the method comprises the steps: calculating an
evaluation function during node expansion in each step: a
heuristic function represents the accumulated cost from a starting point to a current node, and a
heuristic function represents the estimated cost from the node to a target point; the
heuristic function is composed of a distance component and an
energy consumption component, and the expression of the
heuristic function is as follows: the
linear distance from the current node to the target node, the minimum additional
energy consumption estimated according to the height change and the flight resistance, and the
weight coefficient; the improved
heuristic function can preferentially avoid a high-energy-consumption area, a flatter and smoother air
route is selected, and accumulated energy consumption and
flight time of a global path are remarkably reduced; meanwhile, due to the introduction of the multi-dimensional cost, the
global planning is more accurate and reliable, and the search efficiency of the
algorithm in a complex three-dimensional environment is improved.