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. Physical Evaluation of Naturalistic Adversarial Patches for Camera-Based Traffic-Sign Detection

    Feb 27, 2026Brianna D'Urso, Tahmid Hasan Sakib, Syed Rafay Hasan +1Traffic Sign DetectionPhysical Adversarial Attacks

    Department of Computing Sciences, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA · Center for Manufacturing Research, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA

  2. RSTNet: Enhancing Small-Target Recognition in Noisy SAR Imagery via Robust Feature Learning and Distribution-Aware Regression

    Feb 27, 2026Xiaojing Zhao, Shiyang Li, Zenan Chu +5Synthetic Aperture RadarSmall Object Detection

    College of Mathematics and Information Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000, China · School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000, China · College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China +3

  3. Fourier Angle Alignment for Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing

    Feb 27, 2026Changyu Gu, Linwei Chen, Lin Gu +1Object DetectionAerial Object Detection

    Beijing Institute of Technology · University of Hong Kong · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology +2

  4. CGSA: Class-Guided Slot-Aware Adaptation for Source-Free Object Detection

    Feb 26, 2026Boyang Dai, Zeng Fan, Zihao Qi +2Object DetectionSource-Free Domain Adaptation

    School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong · Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore · School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology

  5. Don't let the information slip away

    Feb 26, 2026Taozhe Li, Guansu Wang, Bo Yu +2Object DetectionDetection Transformer

    University of Oklahoma · University of Melbourne · University of Utah

  6. SynthRender and I-AsSET: Open-Source Framework and Dataset for Bidirectional Sim-Real Transfer in Industrial Object Perception

    Feb 24, 2026Jose Moises Araya-Martinez, Thushar Tom, Adrián Sanchis Reig +3Sim-to-Real TransferSynthetic-to-Real Domain Adaptation

    Technical University Berlin, Industrial Automation Technology, Berlin, Germany · Mercedes-Benz AG, Future Manufacturing Technologies, Sindelfingen, Germany · Technical University Braunschweig, Institute for Cognitive Robotics, Braunschweig, Germany

  7. EW-DETR: Evolving World Object Detection via Incremental Low-Rank DEtection TRansformer

    Feb 24, 2026Munish Monga, Vishal Chudasama, Pankaj Wasnik +1Object DetectionContinual Object Detection

    Sony Research India · IIIT Hyderabad

  8. Latent Replay Detection: Memory-Efficient Continual Object Detection on Microcontrollers via Task-Adaptive Compression

    Feb 24, 2026Bibin WilsonContinual Object DetectionObject Detection

    Independent Researcher

  9. Knowing the Unknown: Interpretable Open-World Object Detection via Concept Decomposition Model

    Feb 24, 2026Xueqiang Lv, Shizhou Zhang, Yinghui Xing +3Explainable Object DetectionObject Detection

    School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical Unviersity, Xi’an, China · Huawei Technologies Ltd.

  10. AHC: Meta-Learned Adaptive Compression for Continual Object Detection on Memory-Constrained Microcontrollers

    Feb 24, 2026Bibin WilsonContinual Object DetectionObject Detection

    Independent Researcher

  11. TinyVLM: Zero-Shot Object Detection on Microcontrollers via Vision-Language Distillation with Matryoshka Embeddings

    Feb 24, 2026Bibin WilsonObject DetectionOpen-Vocabulary Object Detection

    Independent Researcher

  12. Depth-Enhanced YOLO-SAM2 Detection for Reliable Ballast Insufficiency Identification

    Feb 21, 2026Shiyu Liu, Dylan Lester, Husnu Narman +2Fault DetectionObject Detection

    Department of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA. · Department of Computer Science, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA. · Department of Civil Engineering, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.

  13. YOLOv10-Based Multi-Task Framework for Hand Localization and Laterality Classification in Surgical Videos

    Feb 21, 2026Kedi Sun, Le ZhangSurgical Video UnderstandingVideo Object Detection

    School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  14. Learning Multi-Modal Prototypes for Cross-Domain Few-Shot Object Detection

    Feb 21, 2026Wanqi Wang, Jingcai Guo, Yuxiang Cai +1Few-Shot Object DetectionObject Detection

    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Zhejiang University +1

  15. BloomNet: Exploring Single vs. Multiple Object Annotation for Flower Recognition Using YOLO Variants

    Feb 20, 2026Safwat Nusrat, Prithwiraj BhattacharjeeObject DetectionPlant Phenotyping

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Leading University, Sylhet-3112, Bangladesh

  16. Self-Aware Object Detection via Degradation Manifolds

    Feb 20, 2026Stefan Becker, Simon Weiss, Wolfgang Hübner +1Object DetectionOOD Detection

    Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB Gutleuthausstraße 1, 76275 Ettlingen

  17. Do Generative Metrics Predict YOLO Performance? An Evaluation Across Models, Augmentation Ratios, and Dataset Complexity

    Feb 20, 2026Vasile Marian, Yong-Bin Kang, Alexander BudderySynthetic Data EvaluationSynthetic Data Augmentation

    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Level 4, Mansergh Shaw Building (45), St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia · Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

  18. A Multi-modal Detection System for Infrastructure-based Freight Signal Priority

    Feb 19, 2026Ziyan Zhang, Chuheng Wei, Xuanpeng Zhao +6Intelligent Transportation SystemsObject Detection

    Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), University of California at Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA

  19. A Self-Supervised Approach for Enhanced Feature Representations in Object Detection Tasks

    Feb 18, 2026Santiago C. Vilabella, Pablo Pérez-Núñez, Beatriz RemeseiroObject DetectionSelf-Supervised Visual Representation Learning

    Menéndez Pelayo International University, Spain · Artificial Intelligence Center, University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain

  20. Automated Re-Identification of Holstein-Friesian Cattle in Dense Crowds

    Feb 17, 2026Phoenix Yu, Tilo Burghardt, Andrew W Dowsey +1Precision Livestock FarmingAnimal Re-Identification

    School of Computer Science, Merchant Venturers Building, Woodland Road, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UB, Bristol, United Kingdom · Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Langford House, Dolberry, Churchill, Bristol, BS40 5DU, Bristol, United Kingdom

  21. A Study on Real-time Object Detection using Deep Learning

    Feb 17, 2026Ankita Bose, Jayasravani Bhumireddy, Naveen NObject DetectionReal-Time Object Detection

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, India, 561203

  22. A Novel Public Dataset for Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) Ripeness Detection and Comparative Evaluation of YOLO-Based Models

    Feb 17, 2026Mustafa Yurdakul, Zeynep Sena Bastug, Ali Emre Gok +1Agricultural Image AnalysisObject Detection

    Kırıkkale University, Computer Engineering Dept, Kırıkkale, Türkiye · Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Computer Engineering Dept, Nevsehir, Türkiye · Selçuk University, Computer Engineering Dept, Konya, Türkiye

  23. YOLO26: A Comprehensive Architecture Overview and Key Improvements

    Feb 16, 2026Priyanto Hidayatullah, Refdinal TubagusYou Only Look OnceObject Detection

    Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, Politeknik Negeri Bandung, Kab. Bandung Barat, Indonesia · Stunning Vision AI, Kota Cimahi, Indonesia

  24. FGAA-FPN: Foreground-Guided Angle-Aware Feature Pyramid Network for Oriented Object Detection

    Feb 11, 2026Jialin MaMulti-Scale Feature FusionObject Detection

    International school of BUPT, Beijing University Of Posts And Telecommunications, Beijing,China.

  25. A Comparative Evaluation of Large Vision-Language Models for 2D Object Detection under SOTIF Conditions

    Jan 30, 2026Ji Zhou, Yilin Ding, Yongqi Zhao +4VLM EvaluationLarge Vision-Language Models

    Institute of Automotive Engineering, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria · Independent Researcher, 200000 Shanghai, China · School of Intelligent Connected Vehicle, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, 442002 Shiyan, China +1

  26. M2I2HA: Multi-modal Object Detection Based on Intra- and Inter-Modal Hypergraph Attention

    Jan 21, 2026Xiaofan Yang, Yubin Liu, Wei Pan +5Cross-Modal AlignmentHypergraph Neural Networks

  27. Comparing Object Detection Models for Electrical Substation Component Mapping

    Dec 27, 2025Namish Bansal, Haley Mody, Dennies Kiprono Bor +2Object DetectionPower Systems

    George Mason University

  28. YolovN-CBi: A Lightweight and Efficient Architecture for Real-Time Detection of Small UAVs

    Dec 19, 2025Ami Pandat, Punna Rajasekhar, Gopika Vinod +1Small Object DetectionObject Detection

    Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400094, Maharashtra, India. · Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400094, Maharashtra, India.

  29. Two-Step Data Augmentation for Masked Face Detection and Recognition: Turning Fake Masks to Real

    Dec 13, 2025Yan Yang, George Bebis, Mircea NicolescuSynthetic Data AugmentationObject Detection

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, USA

  30. LiM-YOLO: Less is More with Pyramid Level Shift for Ship Detection in Optical Remote Sensing

    Dec 10, 2025Seon-Hoon Kim, Yerin Kim, Hyeji Sim +3Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea · Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Daejeon 34133, Republic of Korea