Table 3 Comparison of three kinds of grid map experiment simulation data.

From: Combined improved A* and greedy algorithm for path planning of multi-objective mobile robot

Map type

Path parameter

Traditional A* algorithm

Improved A* algorithm

Reduction ratio

Map1 (20 × 20)

Planning time/s

0.830

0.742

10.602%

Number of nodes

202

182

9.900%

run time/s

60.486

58.558

3.188%

Number of inflection points

4

1

75%

Total turning angle

405

100.620

75.156%

Total distance length

30.243

29.279

3.188%

Map 2 (30 × 30)

Planning time /s

2.055

1.935

5.839%

Number of nodes

365

401

− 9.863%

run time /s

94.912

90.732

4.404%

Number of inflection points

11

2

81.818%

Total turning angle

1440

429.448

70.177%

Total distance length

47.456

45.366

4.404%

Map 3 (50 × 50)

Planning time /s

6.548

6.505

0.657%

Number of nodes

853

796

6.682%

run time /s

77.355

71.948

6.990%

Number of inflection points

18

8

55.556%

Total turning angle

2700

934.270

65.397%

Total distance length

77.355

71.948

6.989%