Research Article
Assessing the YOLO Series Through Empirical Analysis on the KITTI Dataset for Autonomous Driving
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-38822-5_14, author={Filipa Ramos and Alexandre Correia and Rosaldo Rossetti}, title={Assessing the YOLO Series Through Empirical Analysis on the KITTI Dataset for Autonomous Driving}, proceedings={Intelligent Transport Systems. From Research and Development to the Market Uptake. Third EAI International Conference, INTSYS 2019, Braga, Portugal, December 4--6, 2019}, proceedings_a={INTSYS}, year={2020}, month={1}, keywords={YOLO Deep learning Autonomous driving KITTI Vision Benchmark}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-38822-5_14} }- Filipa Ramos
Alexandre Correia
Rosaldo Rossetti
Year: 2020
Assessing the YOLO Series Through Empirical Analysis on the KITTI Dataset for Autonomous Driving
INTSYS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38822-5_14
Abstract
Computer vision and deep learning have been widely popularised on the turn of the 21 century. On the centre of its applications we find autonomous driving. As this challenge becomes a racing platform for all companies, both directly and indirectly involved with transportation systems, it is only pertinent to evaluate exactly how some generic, state-of-the-art models can perform on datasets specifically built for autonomous driving research. With this purpose, this article aims at directly studying the evolution of the YOLO (You Only Look Once) model since its first implementation until the most recent version 3. Experiences carried out on the respected and acknowledged driving dataset and benchmark known as KITTI Vision Benchmark enable direct comparison between the newest updated version and its predecessor. Results show how the two versions of the model have a performance gap whilst being tested on the same dataset and using a similar configuration setup. YOLO version 3 shows its renewed boost in accuracy whilst dropping minimally on detection speed. Some conclusions on the applicability of models such as this to a real-world scenario are drawn so as to predict the direction of research in the area of autonomous driving.