MonoRace: Winning Champion-Level Drone Racing with Robust Monocular AI
MonoRace is an onboard drone racing approach using a monocular camera and IMU to compete without external motion tracking. It uses neural networks for gate segmentation and offline optimization based on flight data to refine camera calibration, achieving a victory at the 2025 A2RL competition. This method sets a new milestone in autonomous drone racing by handling complex visual perception and control challenges.