centernet-ilvo 0.0.1

The ilvo plant centre model package

CenterNet ILVO

Introduction

This python package can be used to run the CenterNet model for plant centre detection. The plant CenterNet model is presented in the following paper:

Willekens, A., Callens, B., Pieters, J., Wyffels, F., & Cool, S. (2025). 
Cauliflower centre detection and 3-dimensional tracking for robotic intrarow weeding. 
Precision Agriculture. Springer.

An example for usage is provided on the Hugging Face - CenterNet ILVO

Installation

1. Install pytorch (torch and torchvision)
2. Install dependencies and the package

pip install numpy opencv-python scikit-image
pip install cams-ilvo-utils
pip install centernet-ilvo

Licence

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