arxivcs.CV2026-07-10
Does YOLO26 Truly Offer Advantages Over Its Predecessors for Edge Deployment? A Benchmark Study in Aquaculture
Rakesh Ranjan, Gajanan S. Kothawade, Kata Sharrer, Scott Tsukuda, Christopher Good
The recently introduced YOLO26 architecture incorporates NMS-free end-to-end inference and is optimized for deployment on resource-constrained CPU-based devices, making it well-suited for edge-based aquaculture applications. However, its performance, operational efficiency, and d…