Author
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- Jinye Gao
(School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)
- Jun Sun
(School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)
- Xiaohong Wu
(School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)
- Chunxia Dai
(School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)
Abstract
Accurate behavioral monitoring of silkworms ( Bombyx mori ) during the fourth instar development is crucial for enhancing productivity and welfare in sericulture operations. Current manual observation paradigms face critical limitations in temporal resolution, inter-observer variability, and scalability. This study presents RDM-YOLO, a computationally efficient deep learning framework derived from YOLOv5s architecture, specifically designed for the automated detection of three essential behaviors (resting, wriggling, and eating) in fourth instar silkworms. Methodologically, Res2Net blocks are first integrated into the backbone network to enable hierarchical residual connections, expanding receptive fields and improving multi-scale feature representation. Second, standard convolutional layers are replaced with distribution shifting convolution (DSConv), leveraging dynamic sparsity and quantization mechanisms to reduce computational complexity. Additionally, the minimum point distance intersection over union (MPDIoU) loss function is proposed to enhance bounding box regression efficiency, mitigating challenges posed by overlapping targets and positional deviations. Experimental results demonstrate that RDM-YOLO achieves 99% mAP@0.5 accuracy and 150 FPS inference speed on the datasets, significantly outperforming baseline YOLOv5s while reducing the model parameters by 24%. Specifically designed for deployment on resource-constrained devices, the model ensures real-time monitoring capabilities in practical sericulture environments.
Suggested Citation
Jinye Gao & Jun Sun & Xiaohong Wu & Chunxia Dai, 2025.
"RDM-YOLO: A Lightweight Multi-Scale Model for Real-Time Behavior Recognition of Fourth Instar Silkworms in Sericulture,"
Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-19, July.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jagris:v:15:y:2025:i:13:p:1450-:d:1695415
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