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ODYSSEE: Oyster Detection Yielded by Sensor Systems on Edge Electronics (arxiv.org)
2 points by surprisetalk on Sep 17, 2024 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: Fake underwater oyster images, created by an image generator, are added to real footage to train a camera system that spots oysters on a small underwater robot. On the robot, it reached 0.657 on the standard detection accuracy score, the best reported for oysters.

Abstract

Oysters are a vital keystone species in coastal ecosystems, providing significant economic, environmental, and cultural benefits. As the importance of oysters grows, so does the relevance of autonomous systems for their detection and monitoring. However, current monitoring strategies often rely on destructive methods. While manual identification of oysters from video footage is non-destructive, it is time-consuming, requires expert input, and is further complicated by the challenges of the underwater environment. To address these challenges, we propose a novel pipeline using stable diffusion to augment a collected real dataset with realistic synthetic data. This method enhances the dataset used to train a YOLOv10-based vision model. The model is then deployed and tested on an edge platform in underwater robotics, achieving a state-of-the-art 0.657 mAP@50 for oyster detection on the Aqua2 platform.

Xiaomin Lin, Vivek Mange, Arjun Suresh, Bernhard Neuberger, Aadi Palnitkar, Brendan Campbell, Alan Williams, Kleio Baxevani, Jeremy Mallette, Alhim Vera, Markus Vincze, Ioannis Rekleitis, et al.
arXiv:2409.07003 · cs.CV, cs.RO · submitted Sep 11, 2024 · updated Mar 4, 2025
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