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Trunk Detection in Complex Forest Environments Using a Lightweight YOLOv11-TrunkLight Algorithm

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Siqi Zhang
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Yubi Zheng
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Rengui Bi
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Yu Chen
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Cong Chen
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Xiaowen Tian *
廖柏林 (Bolin Liao) *
DOI:10.3390/s25196170delete
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The autonomous navigation of inspection robots in complex forest environments heavily relies on accurate trunk detection. However, existing detection models struggle to achieve both high accuracy and real-time performance on resource-constrained edge devices. To address this challenge, this study proposes a lightweight algorithm named YOLOv11-TrunkLight. The core innovations of the algorithm include (1) a novel StarNet_Trunk backbone network, which replaces traditional residual connections with element-wise multiplication and incorporates depthwise separable convolutions, significantly reducing computational complexity while maintaining a large receptive field; (2) the C2DA deformable attention module, which effectively handles the geometric deformation of tree trunks through dynamic relative position bias encoding; and (3) the EffiDet detection head, which improves detection speed and reduces the number of parameters through dual-path feature decoupling and a dynamic anchor mechanism. Experimental results demonstrate that compared to the baseline YOLOv11 model, our method improves detection speed by 13.5%, reduces the number of parameters by 34.6%, and decreases computational load (FLOPs) by 39.7%, while the average precision (mAP) is only marginally reduced by 0.1%. These advancements make the algorithm particularly suitable for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices of inspection robots, providing reliable technical support for intelligent forestry management.
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