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Real-time UAV object detection and task offloading: powered through edge YOlOv9-Lite and cloud reinforcement transformer learning in various scenarios

Jul 2026 · Intelligent Service Robotics · Vol 19 · 0 citations · 49 references
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An Adaptive Reinforced Detection and Tracking Network (ARDT-Net), which integrates a lightweight YOLOv9-Lite detector, Soft Actor-Critic (SAC)-based adaptive offloading, and reinforcement learning object tracking (RLOT) for robust edge–cloud UAV in complex environments, is proposed.

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