Abstract
This first special issue of the Journal of Field Robotics (JFR) on vision-based high speed autonomous navigation of UAVs aims to establish a baseline in the field of autonomous navigation of UAVs using vision and IMU as the main sensing modalities. The goal of the research reported in this special issue is to show the improvements and present the most recent state of the art to execute fast autonomous operations with MAVs. The proposed approaches will contribute to inform the community with the most recent and innovative approaches and to extend the capabilities of current and future robotic missions.
Loianno, Giuseppe