Update models/yolov8_model.pt

models/yolov8_model.pt

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+# scripts/download_yolov8_model.py
+from ultralytics import YOLO
+import os
+
+# Directory to save the model
+MODEL_DIR = "models"
+os.makedirs(MODEL_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+
+# Path to save the model
+MODEL_PATH = os.path.join(MODEL_DIR, "yolov8_model.pt")
+
+# Download pre-trained YOLOv8 nano model
+model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")  # Automatically downloads from Ultralytics
+
+# Save the model to models/yolov8_model.pt
+model.save(MODEL_PATH)
+print(f"Model saved to {MODEL_PATH}")