The International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) was held in Anchorage (Alaska) in May 2017. This top conference in the field of neural networks included many tracks and special sessions. In particular, a special session on Machine Learning Methods Neural Networks applied to Vision and Robotics (MLMVR) was organized by the authors receiving a large volume of excellent contributions. Only a small set of outstanding papers presented at this special session were invited to submit extended versions of their work. After a rigorous revision process, four of these papers were accepted.