Attention-Guided Autoencoder Fusion for Insulator Defect Detection Using UAV Transmission-Line Imaging
Researchers developed AE-YOLO, an advanced deep learning framework combining autoencoders with YOLO object detection for identifying defects in high-voltage transmission-line insulators using UAV imagery. The system achieves 95.10% mAP performance, substantially outperforming existing YOLO baselines and offering a scalable solution for critical infrastructure inspection.
