arXiv:2607.08729cs.CV2026-07

为长时昆虫追踪设计新基准,揭示现有方法在持续身份保持上的严重缺陷。

WaspMOT: A Benchmark for Long-Term Multi-Object Tracking of Trichogramma Wasps

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  • 构建10个超8分钟的蜂蝇视频序列,模拟真实生态场景下的长期追踪
  • 所有个体全程在场,但现有方法仍出现轨迹碎片化,误跟踪率超30%
  • 适合研究长时目标关联、生物行为分析或追踪算法鲁棒性改进的学者

多目标追踪(MOT)在以短视频为主的基准上表现优异,但难以评估长时间的身份一致性。本文提出WaspMOT基准,通过受控生态实验中对赤眼蜂的长期追踪填补这一空白。数据集包含10个约12,000帧的序列(8分钟以上,25 FPS),每帧均有密集标注,并提供真值检测以隔离关联性能。与现有基准不同,该数据集为封闭集场景,所有个体全程可见,要求在数千帧内维持稳定身份,即使面对突变跳跃、遮挡和高度相似外观。我们采用统一协议评估五种检测后追踪方法(ByteTrack、BoT-SORT、C-BIoU、OC-SORT、McByte),结果表明所有方法均出现显著轨迹碎片化,说明即便检测完美,长期身份保持仍是难题。简单的空间轨迹拼接基线可稳定提升性能,表明仍有巨大改进空间。WaspMOT为研究长期关联提供了新平台,揭示了当前追踪方法在常规数据集上未暴露的局限性。基准将公开于项目仓库:https://github.com/tstanczyk95/WaspMOT/。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Multi-object tracking (MOT) has achieved strong performance on benchmarks dominated by short video sequences. However, such datasets do not adequately evaluate long-term identity preservation, where objects must be tracked consistently over extended durations. We introduce WaspMOT, a benchmark designed to address this gap through long-duration tracking of Trichogramma wasps in controlled ecological experiments. The dataset contains 10 sequences of approximately 12,000 frames each (over 8 minutes at 25 FPS), with dense MOTChallenge annotations and oracle detections to isolate association performance. Unlike existing benchmarks, WaspMOT forms a closed-set tracking scenario where all individuals remain present throughout the sequence, requiring consistent identity assignment across thousands of frames despite abrupt jumps, occlusions, and highly similar appearance. We establish a benchmark by evaluating five tracking-by-detection methods, including ByteTrack, BoT-SORT, C-BIoU, OC-SORT, and McByte, under a unified protocol. Results show that all methods suffer from significant trajectory fragmentation, highlighting the difficulty of long-term identity preservation even with perfect detections. A simple spatial tracklet stitching baseline consistently improves performance, indicating that substantial gains remain possible. WaspMOT provides a new benchmark for studying long-term association and reveals limitations of current tracking approaches that are not observable on conventional datasets. The benchmark will be made publicly available at the project repository: https://github.com/tstanczyk95/WaspMOT/ .

多目标追踪长时追踪生物行为分析基准测试

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