Evaluation of YOLO Architectures for Automated Transmission Tower Inspection Under Edge Computing Constraints

Gabriel Jose Scheid, Ronnier Rohrich, André Schneider de Oliveira

2025

Abstract

This paper explores YOLO architectures for the automated inspection of transmission towers using drone imagery, focusing on edge computing constraints. The approach assesses various model variants on a specialized dataset, optimizing their deployment on embedded hardware through strategic core allocation and format conversion. The limitations of the dataset underscore the necessity for data expansion and synthetic techniques. In addition, practical guidelines address the trade-offs between computational resources and performance in energy monitoring. Our approach aims to ensure reliable obstacle classification in cameras designed for robotic vision by mimicking human perception. The sensor combines stereo depth and high-resolution color cameras with on-device Neural Network inferencing and Computer Vision capabilities, all integrated into a single portable sensor suitable for use in autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Scheid G., Rohrich R. and Schneider de Oliveira A. (2025). Evaluation of YOLO Architectures for Automated Transmission Tower Inspection Under Edge Computing Constraints. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO; ISBN 978-989-758-770-2, SciTePress, pages 35-42. DOI: 10.5220/0013670600003982

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco25,
author={Gabriel Scheid and Ronnier Rohrich and André Schneider de Oliveira},
title={Evaluation of YOLO Architectures for Automated Transmission Tower Inspection Under Edge Computing Constraints},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO},
year={2025},
pages={35-42},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013670600003982},
isbn={978-989-758-770-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO
TI - Evaluation of YOLO Architectures for Automated Transmission Tower Inspection Under Edge Computing Constraints
SN - 978-989-758-770-2
AU - Scheid G.
AU - Rohrich R.
AU - Schneider de Oliveira A.
PY - 2025
SP - 35
EP - 42
DO - 10.5220/0013670600003982
PB - SciTePress