Real-Time Object Detection

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Real-time object detection aims to find and classify objects in images or video with low enough latency for applications such as driving, robotics, and surveillance. Common approaches include one-stage YOLO-style detectors and real-time DETR transformers, made more efficient through compact backbones, multi-scale feature fusion, distillation, quantization, and hardware-aware deployment. Performance is often measured on benchmarks such as COCO, VisDrone, and KITTI, alongside throughput and latency on GPUs or edge devices. A central challenge is balancing accuracy, speed, and energy use while maintaining reliability under domain shifts, crowded scenes, and sustained real-world operation.

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  1. Real-Time Glottis Detection Framework via Spatial-decoupled Feature Learning for Nasal Transnasal Intubation

    Mar 8, 2026Jinyu Liu, Gaoyang Zhang, Yang Zhou +3Efficient Object DetectionReal-Time Object Detection

    Hubei Key Laboratory of Modern Manufacturing Quality Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Nanhu Avenue 28, Wuhan, 430068, Hubei, China · School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China · Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, 999077, China +2

  2. OV-DEIM: Real-time DETR-Style Open-Vocabulary Object Detection with GridSynthetic Augmentation

    Mar 7, 2026Leilei Wang, Longfei Liu, Xi Shen +4Open-Vocabulary Object DetectionReal-Time Object Detection

    Intellindust AI Lab · Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (SZ), Shenzhen, China · College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University, China +2

  3. ODD-SEC: Onboard Drone Detection with a Spinning Event Camera

    Mar 6, 2026Kuan Dai, Hongxin Zhang, Sheng Zhong +1UAV DetectionAerial Object Detection

    Neuromorphic Automation and Intelligence Lab (NAIL) at School of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hunan University, Changsha, China.

  4. Low-Latency Event-Based Object Detection with Spatially-Sparse Linear Attention

    Mar 6, 2026Haiqing Hao, Zhipeng Sui, Rong Zou +4Efficient Object DetectionLinear Attention

    State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · Robotics and Perception Group, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China

  5. CollabOD: Collaborative Multi-Backbone with Cross-scale Vision for UAV Small Object Detection

    Mar 6, 2026Xuecheng Bai, Yuxiang Wang, Chuanzhi Xu +3Efficient Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    Aviation Traffic Control Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China · The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia · Research Institute of Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China +1

  6. 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.

  7. YCDa: YCbCr Decoupled Attention for Real-time Realistic Camouflaged Object Detection

    Mar 2, 2026PeiHuang Zheng, Yunlong Zhao, Zheng Cui +1Camouflaged Object DetectionReal-Time Object Detection

    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  8. D-FINE-seg: Object Detection and Instance Segmentation Framework with multi-backend deployment

    Feb 26, 2026Argo Saakyan, Dmitry SolntsevInstance SegmentationDetection Transformer

    Veryfi Inc.

  9. Le-DETR: Revisiting Real-Time Detection Transformer with Efficient Encoder Design

    Feb 24, 2026Jiannan Huang, Aditya Kane, Fengzhe Zhou +2Real-Time Object DetectionEfficient Object Detection

    Beijing Jiaotong University

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. LeAD-M3D: Leveraging Asymmetric Distillation for Real-Time Monocular 3D Detection

    Dec 5, 2025Johannes Meier, Jonathan Michel, Oussema Dhaouadi +7Efficient Object DetectionReal-Time Object Detection

    DeepScenario · ETH Zurich · TU Munich +5

  13. RT-DETRv4: Painlessly Furthering Real-Time Object Detection with Vision Foundation Models

    Oct 29, 2025Zijun Liao, Yian Zhao, Xin Shan +5Real-Time Object DetectionEfficient Object Detection

    School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University, Shenzhen, China · Department of Automation and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

  14. Ultralytics YOLO Evolution: An Overview of YOLO27, YOLO26, YOLO11, YOLOv8, and YOLOv5 Object Detectors for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

    Oct 6, 2025Ranjan Sapkota, Manoj KarkeeYou Only Look OnceObject Detection

    Cornell University, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

  15. Real-Time Object Detection Meets DINOv3

    Sep 25, 2025Shihua Huang, Yongjie Hou, Longfei Liu +2Real-Time Object DetectionEfficient Object Detection

    Intellindust AI Lab · Xiamen University

  16. KAMERA: Enhancing Aerial Surveys of Ice-associated Seals in Arctic Environments

    Sep 23, 2025Adam Romlein, Benjamin X. Hou, Yuval Boss +5Multispectral Object DetectionRemote Sensing

    Kitware, Inc., USA · NOAA NMFS AFSC MML, USA · CICOES, University of Washington, USA

  17. SMDDFNet: State-space Modeling and Dynamic Dual Fusion Network for Traffic Sign Detection

    May 2, 2025TianYi Yu, DaJian Zhong, Lilin WangTraffic Sign DetectionSmall Object Detection

    Collage of Infomation Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China

  18. TiROD: Tiny Robotics Dataset and Benchmark for Continual Object Detection

    Sep 24, 2024Francesco Pasti, Riccardo De Monte, Davide Dalle Pezze +2Mobile RoboticsContinual Learning

    Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, 35131, Italy.