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  • Open Access
457 Views
40 Pages

2 July 2026

In the context of warehouse management systems, navigation constitutes a critical area of research for enhancing operational efficiency. This paper introduces a novel hybrid algorithm designated as jump point search-enhanced ant colony optimization (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,948 Views
16 Pages

25 May 2018

Based on the digital surface model (DSM) and jump point search (JPS) algorithm, this study proposed a novel approach to detect the optimal seamline for orthoimage mosaicking. By threshold segmentation, DSM was first identified as ground regions and o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Instrumenting Smart City Applications with Big Sensing and Earth Observatory Data: Tools, Methods and Techniques)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,313 Views
19 Pages

This study proposes an improved bidirectional dynamic jump point search (JPS) algorithm to address key challenges in mobile robot path planning, including excessive node expansions, poor path smoothness, safety concerns, and extended search times. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,590 Views
22 Pages

8 June 2022

The Jump Point Search (JPS) algorithm ignores the possibility of any-angle walking, so the paths found by the JPS algorithm under the discrete grid map still have a gap with the real paths. To address the above problems, this paper improves the path...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
10,380 Views
13 Pages

12 September 2017

The Jump Point Search (JPS) algorithm is adopted for local path planning of the driverless car under urban environment, and it is a fast search method applied in path planning. Firstly, a vector Geographic Information System (GIS) map, including Glob...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,087 Views
19 Pages

2 April 2019

Since an individual approach can hardly navigate robots through complex environments, we present a novel two-level hierarchical framework called JPS-IA3C (Jump Point Search improved Asynchronous Advantage Actor-Critic) in this paper for robot navigat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mobile Robots Navigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,199 Views
18 Pages

13 August 2025

To improve path planning performance for mobile robots in complex environments, this study proposes a hybrid method combining an improved jump point search (JPS) algorithm with the dynamic window approach (DWA). In global planning, a quadrant pruning...

  • Article
  • Open Access
170 Views
28 Pages

A Novel Acoustic Diffraction Search Algorithm for Global Path Planning of Orchard Transport Robots

  • Sanqiang Zhang,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Shengwei Ou,
  • Siyuan He and ,
  • Dianjian Wu and
  • Hu Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 October 2026

A novel heuristic search algorithm, the Acoustic Diffraction Search Algorithm (ADSA), is proposed to address the global path planning problem for orchard transport robots. By simulating the diffraction characteristics of acoustic waves around obstacl...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
584 Views
26 Pages

JPS-TEB Fusion Path Planning Based on COLREGs

  • Hongxiao Yu,
  • Qiaoyan Cai and
  • Jianqiang Zhang

13 July 2026

To address the lack of compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) in conventional timed elastic band (TEB)—based dynamic path planning for autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), this study proposes an i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,867 Views
27 Pages

4 October 2025

To address the challenges of frequent path conflicts and prolonged computation times in path planning for large-scale multi-UAV operations within urban low-altitude airspace, this study proposes a conflict-free path planning method integrating 3D Jum...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Drones (AID))
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,358 Views
18 Pages

Hybrid A-Star Path Planning Method Based on Directional Guidance and Segment-Based Heuristic Weighting

  • Sanqiang Zhang,
  • Qize Guo,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Hongbin Kang and ,
  • Dianjian Wu and
  • Hongyu Zhou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 November 2025

To improve the planning efficiency of the Hybrid A-Star algorithm in facility-based agriculture environments, we propose a novel method that integrates directional guidance and segment-based heuristic weighting. Jump point search (JPS) is first emplo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
538 Views
23 Pages

26 April 2026

To address the lack of traversable region awareness in conventional path planning algorithms for obstacle-crossing robots, an adaptive path planning method is proposed. First, a traversal-aware environment model is constructed by introducing graded t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Operations Research and Combinatorial Optimization and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,149 Views
30 Pages

21 July 2022

As various fields and industries have progressed, the use of drones has grown tremendously. The problem of path planning for drones flying at low altitude in urban as well as mountainous areas will be crucial for drones performing search-and-rescue m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,582 Views
17 Pages

27 June 2024

Aiming to address the A* algorithm’s issues of traversing a large number of nodes, long search times, and large turning angles in path planning, a strategy for multiple improvements to the A* algorithm is proposed. Firstly, the calculation of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Robot Path Planning, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,073 Views
12 Pages

Trajectory planning aims to provide a time-related control target that contains the concerned states. For an underactuated surface vehicle (USV), planning challenges include limitations on curvature, speed, acceleration, and jerk. These challenges ar...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
583 Views
25 Pages

An Adaptive Octile JPS and Fuzzy-DWA Fused Path Planning Algorithm for Indoor Home Environments

  • Wei Li,
  • Zhuoda Jia,
  • Dawen Sun,
  • Deng Han and ,
  • Zhenyang Qin and
  • Qianjin Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 May 2026

Home indoor environments are characterized by alternating open spaces and obstacle-cluttered regions, which pose critical challenges to the autonomous navigation of home service robots. Existing hybrid path planning algorithms generally suffer from t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autonomous Navigation for Intelligent Robots: Perception, Planning, and Control)