YOLO26

This version of YOLOv26 has been converted to run on the WaveMatrix NPU using u8 (INT8) quantization.

Compatible with Pulsar2 version: 4.2.

Convert tools links:

For those who are interested in model conversion, you can try to export axmodel through

• The repo of WaveMatrix Platform, which you can get the detial of guide
• Pulsar2 Link, How to Convert ONNX to axmodel

Support Platform

• WM9955
  • Demo board
  • M.2 Accelerator card
• WM8845
  • Demo board

Performance Statistics

WM9955 (NPU3 Mode)

Model	FPS	CMM(MB)	Latency(ms)
yolo26n	726	3.26	1.378
yolo26s	316	10.2	3.166
yolo26m	116	27.6	8.644
yolo26l	90	33.88	11.174
yolo26x	41.0	70.4	20.405

WM8845

Model	Latency(ms)
yolo26n_npu1.axmodel	10.706
yolo26s_npu1.axmodel	23.188
yolo26n_npu2.axmodel	6.309
yolo26s_npu2.axmodel	16.347

How to use

Download all files from this repository to the device

root@wm9955:~/YOLO26# tree .
|-- wm9955
|   |-- yolo26n.axmodel
|   |-- yolo26s.axmodel
|   |-- yolo26m.axmodel
|   |-- yolo26l.axmodel
|   `-- yolo26x.axmodel
|-- wm8845c
|   |-- yolo26n_npu1.axmodel
|   |-- yolo26s_npu1.axmodel
|   |-- yolo26n_npu2.axmodel
|   |-- yolo26s_npu2.axmodel
|-- install_wm9955
|   |-- ax_yolo26
|-- bus.jpg
|-- yolo26_out.jpg

Inference with wm9955 Host, such as demo board

(base) root@wm9955:~# ./ax_yolo26 -m ./wm9955/yolo26n.axmodel -i BUS.JPG
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model file : ./wm9955/yolo26n.axmodel
image file : BUS.JPG
img_h, img_w : 640 640
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Engine creating handle is done.
Engine creating context is done.
Engine get io info is done.
Engine alloc io is done.
Engine push input is done.
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Repeat 1 times, avg time 1.38 ms, max_time 1.38 ms, min_time 1.38 ms
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detection num: 5
 5:  94%, [   6,  233,  801,  752], bus
 0:  94%, [  51,  396,  241,  904], person
 0:  91%, [ 227,  406,  345,  861], person
 0:  80%, [ 670,  389,  809,  876], person
 0:  50%, [   0,  556,   64,  872], person
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Output image: