Path Planning of UAV for Oilfield Inspection Based on Improved Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithm

It is difficult for the traditional manual inspection method to satisfy the current management requirements. Now, UAV inspection technology has been used by more and more enterprises. In the UAV inspection, path planning is an important work. An improved grey wolf optimization algorithm is proposed for the path planning of UAV in oilfield environment in this paper. Firstly, the model of the oilfield environment is built; secondly, the initial path is produced by the basic grey wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm; and then, the fruit fly optimization (FOA) algorithm is used to continue the local optimization of the optimal solution; finally, the optimal path is generated. Compared with some other methods, the simulation results show that the improved grey wolf optimization algorithm is effective.