CHEN Siye, LI Feng, LIU Qingyun, et al. RobotPath Planning Based on APF-IPPO Algorithm[J]. Acta Armamentarii, 2026, 47(3): 250389.
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CHEN Siye, LI Feng, LIU Qingyun, et al. RobotPath Planning Based on APF-IPPO Algorithm[J]. Acta Armamentarii, 2026, 47(3): 250389. DOI: 10.12382/bgxb.2025.0389.
The traditional proximal policy optimization(PPO)algorithm has the problems such as sparse rewards and low sample efficiency in robot path planning. This paper proposes an improved PPO path planning algorithm based on artificial potential field(APF)
namely APF-IPPO algorithm. GAE is introduced to improve the traditional PPO algorithm
promoting the accelerated convergence of average rewards and enhancing the accuracy of dominant function estimation. A hybrid strategy based on direction similarity is proposed to dynamically adjust the action distribution probability of policy network during action selection. In terms of reward function design
a composite reward function fused with APF is designed to alleviate the sparse reward problem. To verify the performance of APF-IPPO algorithm
the comparative simulations are conducted with DQN
PPO
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and APF algorithms in multiple scenarios. Experimental results demonstrate that the APF-IPPO alg
orithm is capable of comprehensively considering multiple performance metrics to generate the optimal path in complex static environments
while also exhibiting the superior generalization capability and the adaptability to dynamic environments
thereby validating its effectiveness and superiority in path planning tasks.
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