MONOCULAR VISUAL PATH FOLLOWING

System and method for planar navigation for a moving platform utilizing computer vision techniques is disclosed herein. The method includes capturing with a monocular camera an image containing at least two distinct substantially vertical edges positioned around a waypoint, calculating the horizontal coordinate of the waypoint relative to the horizontal coordinates of the edges, and adjusting the moving platform's heading angle to maintain the said position of the navigation goal. The method includes tracking the pixel separation of the edges and terminating navigation of a segment responsive to the pixel separation exceeding a predetermined threshold.