The invention discloses a mobile robot path planning method based on an improvement of an ant colony algorithm and particle swarm optimization. The method mainly solves the problems that in the prior art, the operating speed of an algorithm is low, and frequency of turning of an optimized path is high. The planning method includes the steps that modeling is carried out on a work environment of a robot; the particle swarm optimization is utilized to quickly carry out path planning, pheromones more than those around an obtained path are scattered on the obtained path, and guiding is provided for an ant colony; an ant colony algorithm optimized by the principle of inertia is adopted, and optimization is conducted on the basis of the particle swarm optimization; the motion path of the robot is output according to an optimization result. According to the planning method, comprehensive consideration is given to stability and robustness of the algorithm, iterations can be effectively reduced, searching efficiency is improved, the path length is shortened, the frequency of turning is reduced, path quality is substantially improved, and the planning method accords with an artificial planning intention and is suitable for autonomous navigation of various mobile robots in a static environment.