Object Detection

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Object detection asks models to identify what objects are present and where they appear, usually by predicting labeled bounding boxes in images or video. Common approaches include fast one-stage CNN detectors such as YOLO, proposal-based Faster R-CNN, and end-to-end transformer detectors such as DETR; feature pyramids and attention help handle objects at different scales. Work also explores oriented and 3D detection, sensor fusion, open-vocabulary recognition, and learning with limited or changing labels, with COCO, VisDrone, DOTA, KITTI, and nuScenes among the benchmarks used. A central challenge is transferring strong benchmark results to small, occluded, or unfamiliar objects and real-world conditions while keeping models efficient and evaluations reliable despite incomplete annotations.

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  1. A Robust Deep Learning Framework for Bangla License Plate Recognition Using YOLO and Vision-Language OCR

    Mar 10, 2026Nayeb Hasin, Md. Arafath Rahman Nishat, Mainul Islam +2Automatic License Plate RecognitionObject Detection

    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh · Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University Of Engineering And Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  2. RiO-DETR: DETR for Real-time Oriented Object Detection

    Mar 10, 2026Zhangchi Hu, Yifan Zhao, Yansong Peng +8Object DetectionDetection Transformer

    University of Science and Technology of China · Tsinghua University · Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. +1

  3. YOLO-NAS-Bench: A Surrogate Benchmark with Self-Evolving Predictors for YOLO Architecture Search

    Mar 10, 2026Zhe Li, Xiaoyu Ding, Jiaxin Zheng +1Neural Architecture SearchObject Detection

    Wangxuan Institute of Computer Technology, Peking University

  4. Multi-model approach for autonomous driving: A comprehensive study on traffic sign-, vehicle- and lane detection and behavioral cloning

    Mar 10, 2026Kanishkha Jaisankar, Pranav M. Pawar, Diana Susan Joseph +4Lane DetectionAutonomous Driving Perception

    Department of Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai, UAE. · Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala · CTIF Global Capsule, Denmark

  5. Bridging Object Detection and Segmentation with Polygon Detection Transformers

    Mar 10, 2026Jiacheng Sun, Jiaqi Lin, Wenlong Hu +8Object DetectionDetection Transformer

    Shanghai University · SenseTime Research

  6. Distributed Convolutional Neural Networks for Object Recognition

    Mar 10, 2026Liang SunConvolutional Neural NetworksOne-Class Classification

    Shandong University of Science and Technology, Jinan Shandong province 250031, P.R. China

  7. Beyond Hungarian: Match-Free Supervision for End-to-End Object Detection

    Mar 9, 2026Shoumeng Qiu, Xinrun Li, Yang LongObject DetectionDetection Transformer

    BOSCH · Durham University

  8. Evaluating Synthetic Data for Baggage Trolley Detection in Airport Logistics

    Mar 8, 2026Abdeldjalil Taibi, Mohmoud Badlis, Amina Bensalem +2Synthetic Data EvaluationObject Detection

    The National School of Artificial Intelligence (ENSIA), Algiers 16000, Algeria · Information Systems and Development Department, Algiers Airport, Algiers 16000, Algeria

  9. NuNext: Reframing Nucleus Detection as Next-Point Detection

    Mar 7, 2026Zhongyi Shui, Honglin Li, Xiaozhong Ji +7Computational PathologyObject Detection

    Zhejiang University · Westlake University · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory +3

  10. PaQ-DETR: Learning Pattern and Quality-Aware Dynamic Queries for Object Detection

    Mar 6, 2026Zhengjian Kang, Jun Zhuang, Kangtong Mo +3Object DetectionDetection Transformer

    New York University · Boise State University · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign +3

  11. Towards Driver Behavior Understanding: Weakly-Supervised Risk Perception in Driving Scenes

    Mar 6, 2026Nakul Agarwal, Yi-Ting Chen, Behzad DariushAutonomous Driving DatasetsObject Detection

    Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.

  12. Video-based Locomotion Analysis for Fish Health Monitoring

    Mar 5, 2026Timon Palm, Clemens Seibold, Anna Hilsmann +1AquacultureAnimal Behavior Analysis

    Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, Germany · Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  13. Digital Twin Driven Textile Classification and Foreign Object Recognition in Automated Sorting Systems

    Mar 5, 2026Serkan Ergun, Tobias Mitterer, Hubert ZanglClassificationIndustrial Robotics

    Institute of Smart Systems Technologies, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, A 9020 · AAU SAL USE Laboratory, Silicon Austria Labs, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, A 9020

  14. A 360-degree Multi-camera System for Blue Emergency Light Detection Using Color Attention RT-DETR and the ABLDataset

    Mar 5, 2026Francisco Vacalebri-Lloret, Lucas Banchero, Jose J. Lopez +1Object DetectionAutonomous Driving Perception

    Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain · Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain.

  15. RMK RetinaNet: Rotated Multi-Kernel RetinaNet for Robust Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Imagery

    Mar 5, 2026Huiran SunObject DetectionAerial Object Detection

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, 2055 Yan’an Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, 130012, Jilin Province, China

  16. One-Shot Badminton Shuttle Detection for Mobile Robots

    Mar 4, 2026Florentin Dipner, William Talbot, Turcan Tuna +2Object DetectionRobotic Perception

    Authors are with Robotic Systems Lab (RSL), ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.

  17. Adaptive Enhancement and Dual-Pooling Sequential Attention for Lightweight Underwater Object Detection with YOLOv10

    Mar 4, 2026Md. Mushibur Rahman, Umme Fawzia Rahim, Enam Ahmed TaufikObject DetectionUnderwater Object Detection

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology Gazipur, 1707, Bangladesh · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University Dhaka, Bangladesh

  18. Tracking Feral Horses in Aerial Video Using Oriented Bounding Boxes

    Mar 4, 2026Saeko Takizawa, Tamao Maeda, Shinya Yamamoto +1Multi-Object TrackingObject Detection

    Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan · Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan · Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  19. From Local Matches to Global Masks: Template-Guided Instance Detection and Segmentation in Open-World Scenes

    Mar 3, 2026Qifan Zhang, Sai Haneesh Allu, Jikai Wang +2Instance SegmentationObject Detection

    Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab, The University of Texas at Dallas

  20. IoUCert: Robustness Verification for Anchor-based Object Detectors

    Mar 3, 2026Benedikt Brückner, Alejandro J. Mercado, Yanghao Zhang +2Certified RobustnessObject Detection

    Safe Intelligence · Imperial College London

  21. calibfusion: Transformer-Based Differentiable Calibration for Radar-Camera Fusion Detection in Water-Surface Environments

    Mar 3, 2026Yuting Wan, Liguo Sun, Jiuwu Hao +1Camera-Radar FusionObject Detection

  22. ForestPersons: A Large-Scale Dataset for Under-Canopy Missing Person Detection

    Mar 3, 2026Deokyun Kim, Jeongjun Lee, Jungwon Choi +6Object DetectionSearch-and-Rescue Robotics

    Autonomous UAV Research Section, ETRI · Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, KAIST

  23. physfusion: A Transformer-based Dual-Stream Radar and Vision Fusion Framework for Open Water Surface Object Detection

    Mar 2, 2026Yuting Wan, Liguo Sun, Jiuwu Hao +2Camera-Radar FusionObject Detection

    School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. · Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

  24. GroupEnsemble: Efficient Uncertainty Estimation for DETR-based Object Detection

    Mar 2, 2026Yutong Yang, Katarina Popović, Julian Wiederer +3Uncertainty QuantificationObject Detection

    Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany · University of Stuttgart, Germany · Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

  25. Beyond Prompt Degradation: Prototype-guided Dual-pool Prompting for Incremental Object Detection

    Mar 2, 2026Yaoteng Zhang, Zhou Qing, Junyu Gao +1Object DetectionClass-Incremental Learning

    Northwestern Polytechnical University

  26. Better Matching, Less Forgetting: A Quality-Guided Matcher for Transformer-based Incremental Object Detection

    Mar 2, 2026Qirui Wu, Shizhou Zhang, De Cheng +4Object DetectionClass-Incremental Learning

    ASGO, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China · School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University, China · CCAI, Zhejiang University, China +1

  27. Open-Vocabulary vs Supervised Learning Methods for Post-Disaster Visual Scene Understanding

    Mar 1, 2026Anna Michailidou, Georgios Angelidis, Vasileios Argyriou +2Object DetectionOpen-Vocabulary Object Detection

    Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece · Department of Networks and Digital Media, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece +1

  28. SMR-Net:Robot Snap Detection Based on Multi-Scale Features and Self-Attention Network

    Mar 1, 2026Kuanxu HouObject DetectionRobotic Assembly

  29. RaUF: Learning the Spatial Uncertainty Field of Radar

    Mar 1, 2026Shengpeng Wang, Kuangyu Wang, Wei WangmmWave Radar SensingAutonomous Driving Perception

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Wuhan University

  30. Towards Khmer Scene Document Layout Detection

    Feb 28, 2026Marry Kong, Rina Buoy, Sovisal Chenda +3Document Layout AnalysisDocument Image Understanding

    Techo Startup Center, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia · Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan