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Crop Detection and Tracking Oriented for Embedded Weeding Based on YOLO-DeepSORT

  • Yushuo Hu*
  • , Qiang Wang
  • , Zhanqiang Xing
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Machinery Sciences

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Abstract

Mechanical weeding has grown in popularity and importance in intelligent agriculture as technology and research develop and people become more concerned with environmental preservation and organic farming. The crop's location is crucial for the technology, which includes object detection and trajectory tracking. The former is responsible for determining the crop's accurate location, while the latter is in charge of reducing the impact from the environment. In this research, we developed a collection of intelligent weeding equipment based on the YOLOv5 object detection model. To optimize the performance of detection while applying our model to embedded device for real-time weeding application, we incorporated DeepSORT trajectory tracking into YOLO method. We also built a collection of datasets based on corn seedling centers to train the model work properly in the actual world. The results of the investigation demonstrate that occlusion could be resolved and weeding can be implemented more effectively by incorporating trajectory tracking into the object detection model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2025 - 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9798331596811
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2025 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: 14 Oct 202517 Oct 2025

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
ISSN (Print)2162-4704
ISSN (Electronic)2577-1647

Conference

Conference51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2025
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period14/10/2517/10/25

Keywords

  • mechanical weeding
  • object detection
  • trajectory tracking

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