在边缘设备上实现无人机实时杂草检测,平衡精度与速度。
Resource-Constrained UAV-Based Weed Detection for Site-Specific Management on Edge Devices

- 构建端侧部署框架,整合数据采集、模型开发与推理。
- 轻量模型达66%-71% mAP50,支持实时检测;大模型最高86.9% mAP50但延迟高。
- YOLOv11s和RT-DETRv2-R50-M兼顾精度与效率,适合无人机部署。
杂草与作物争夺光照、水分和养分,降低产量与品质。高效杂草检测对精准农田管理至关重要。尽管深度学习模型已部署于基于无人机的边缘系统,但缺乏对不同模型架构在真实资源约束下表现的系统性理解。为此,本研究提出面向部署的实时无人机杂草检测框架,集成无人机数据采集、模型开发与设备端推理,重点平衡检测精度与计算效率。评估了多种前沿目标检测模型,包括卷积型YOLO系列(v8-v12)和基于变压器的RT-DETR系列(v1-v2)。在三款边缘设备(Jetson Orin Nano、Jetson AGX Xavier、Jetson AGX Orin)上的实验表明,各模型与硬件配置间存在显著精度与推理延迟权衡。高容量模型最高达86.9% mAP50,但延迟过高,难以实现实时部署;轻量模型实现66%-71% mAP50,延迟显著降低,支持实时运行。其中,RT-DETRv2-R50-M在保持79% mAP50竞争力的同时提升效率,而YOLOv10n具备最快推理速度。YOLOv11s与RT-DETRv2-R50-M在精度与速度间取得最佳平衡,是实时无人机部署的理想候选。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Weeds compete with crops for light, water, and nutrients, reducing yield and crop quality. Efficient weed detection is essential for site-specific weed management (SSWM). Although deep learning models have been deployed on UAV-based edge systems, a systematic understanding of how different model architectures perform under real-world resource constraints is still lacking. To address this gap, this study proposes a deployment-oriented framework for real-time UAV-based weed detection on resource-constrained edge platforms. The framework integrates UAV data acquisition, model development, and on-device inference, with a focus on balancing detection accuracy and computational efficiency. A diverse set of state-of-the-art object detection models is evaluated, including convolution-based YOLO models (v8-v12) and transformer-based RT-DETR models (v1-v2). Experiments on three edge devices (Jetson Orin Nano, Jetson AGX Xavier, and Jetson AGX Orin) demonstrate clear trade-offs between accuracy and inference latency across models and hardware configurations. Results show that high-capacity models achieve up to 86.9% mAP50 but suffer from high latency, limiting real-time deployment. In contrast, lightweight models achieve 66%-71% mAP50 with significantly lower latency, enabling real-time performance. Among all models, RT-DETRv2-R50-M achieves competitive accuracy (79% mAP50) with improved efficiency, while YOLOv10n provides the fastest inference speed. YOLOv11s and RT-DETRv2-R50-M offer the best balance between accuracy and speed, making them strong candidates for real-time UAV deployment.
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