The invention relates to a storage AGV path
planning method based on a hierarchical collaborative
ant colony
algorithm, belongs to the field of storage
robot path planning, and aims to solve the problem of realizing better path planning in a complex storage environment. The method comprises the following steps: constructing an environment model of intelligent storage based on a grid method; an
ant colony
algorithm is improved on the basis of a hierarchical cooperative
system, an
ant colony is divided into scout ants responsible for exploration and foraging ants responsible for optimization, a
heuristic function comprehensively considering the distance, the corner and a new exploration area is constructed, an improved
pheromone updating strategy based on ant layering and the
pheromone concentration on a self-adaptive volatilization factor updating path are adopted, and a new exploration area is obtained. The transfer strategy fuses three
modes of random selection, probability selection and determinacy selection, and finally an improved
ant colony algorithm is obtained; an
improved algorithm is utilized to plan a global path for each AGV, and secondary optimization is performed in a targeted manner, so that the
path length is shorter, and the smoothness is higher. And an
effective solution is provided for AGV path planning in a complex storage environment.