Meta-heuristic algorithms have become very popular because of powerful performance on the optimization problem. A new algorithm called beetle antennae search (BAS) algorithm is proposed in the paper inspired by the searching behavior of long-horn beetles. The BAS algorithm imitates the function of antennae and the random walking mechanism of beetles in nature, and then two main steps of detecting and searching are implemented. Finally, the algorithm is benchmarked on 2 well-known test functions, in which the numerical results validate the efficacy of the proposed BAS algorithm.

Beetle antennae search (BAS) is an efficient meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by foraging behaviors of beetles. This algorithm includes several parameters for tuning and the existing results are limited to solve single objective optimization. This work pushes forward the research on BAS by providing one variant that releases the tuning parameters and is able to handle multi-objective optimization. This new approach applies normalization to simplify the original algorithm and uses a penalty function to exploit infeasible solutions with low constraint violation to solve the constraint optimization problem. Extensive experimental studies are carried out and the results reveal efficacy of the proposed approach to constraint handling.

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Intelligent algorithm acts as one of the most important solutions to path planning problem. In order to solve the problems of poor real-time and low accuracy of the heuristic optimization algorithm in 3D path planning, this paper proposes a novel heuristic intelligent algorithm derived from the Beetle Antennae Search (BAS) algorithm. The algorithm proposed in this paper has the advantages of wide search range and high search accuracy, and can still maintain a low time complexity when multiple mechanisms are introduced. This paper combines the BAS algorithm with three non-trivial mechanisms proposed to solve the problems of low search efficiency and poor convergence accuracy in 3D path planning. The algorithm contains three non-trivial mechanisms, including local fast search, aco initial path generation, and searching information orientation. At first, local fast search mechanism presents a specific bounded area and add fast iterative exploration to speed up the convergence of path finding. Then aco initial path generation mechanism is initialized by Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) as a pruning basis. The initialization of the ACO algorithm can quickly obtain an effective path. Using the exploration trend of this path, the algorithm can quickly obtain a locally optimal path. Thirdly, searching information orientation mechanism is employed for BAS algorithm to guarantee the stability of the path finding, thereby avoiding blind exploration and reducing wasted computing resources. Simulation results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper has higher search accuracy and exploration speed than other intelligent algorithms, and improves the adaptability of the path planning algorithms in different environments. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified in simulation. INDEX TERMS Beetle antennae search, optimal path finding, bio-inspired optimization, search orientation.