Monocular Visual Odometry

Monocular Visual Odometry (VO) is a technique that estimates a camera's movement through an environment using only a single camera. It analyzes a sequence of images to track how features in the scene change position over time. By measuring these changes, VO determines the camera's position and orientation relative to the surroundings, effectively allowing a device (like a robot or smartphone) to understand its motion and map the environment without GPS or additional sensors. This process is important in robotics, augmented reality, and autonomous vehicles for navigation and scene understanding.