Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
Visual Odometry for Robotics
How to Track a Robot's Movement and Distance Traveled Using Live Video Feeds
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36823613
EAN: 9798190652789
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Di, 22.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 33.75
Beschreibung
How does a robot know where it is, how far it has moved, and which direction it should travel when GPS is unavailable. The answer is visual odometry. - a powerful computer vision technique that allows robots to estimate motion by analyzing images captured from cameras. Visual Odometry for Robotics. introduces the principles and practical applications of camera-based motion estimation for autonomous robots. This book explains how robots use live video feeds to detect visual features, calculate movement, estimate position, and build awareness of their surroundings. Inside this book, you will learn:. The fundamentals of visual odometry and its role in autonomous robotics. How robots estimate movement using cameras and image sequences. Feature detection, feature matching, and motion tracking techniques. The mathematics behind camera motion estimation and 3D reconstruction. Differences between monocular, stereo, and RGB-D visual odometry systems. How optical flow helps robots understand movement from video data. Integration of visual odometry with SLAM and autonomous navigation systems. Camera calibration and methods for improving tracking accuracy. Real-world challenges including lighting changes, motion blur, and dynamic environments. Practical applications in drones, mobile robots, autonomous vehicles, and robotic exploration. Whether you are a robotics student, computer vision developer, AI enthusiast, or engineer building autonomous systems, this book provides a clear introduction to one of the most important technologies behind modern robot navigation. From warehouse robots and self-driving vehicles to drones and planetary exploration robots, visual odometry enables machines to understand their movement through the world without relying only on external positioning systems. Discover how robots transform camera images into motion intelligence and learn the technologies that allow autonomous machines to navigate, explore, and operate in complex environments.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Nathan Westwood
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 184