The embodiment of the invention discloses an active following method and device, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium; the method comprises the following steps: obtaining firstposition information of a followed target at the present moment, and predicting a moving direction of the followed target according to a motion locus of the followed target, or, predicting the movingdirection of the followed target according to a motion locus of the followed target, and obtaining the first position information of the followed target at the present moment; determining the arrivalposition of the active following device at the next moment according to the first position information and the moving direction of the followed target. By using the method, the mobile intelligent device can identify the followed target from a side direction or the front direction, and can predict the route of the followed target, thus further planning the self following route; compared with the existing method that a luggage can only follow the owner, the active following method and device can solve the technical problems of the mobile intelligent device route planning, thus greatly improvingthe user experiences.