SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase

With the rapid advancement of UAV-based remote sensing and image recognition techniques, identifying environmental risk factors from aerial imagery has emerged as a focal point in intelligent inspection during the power transmission and distribution projects construction phase. The uneven spatial di...

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Main Authors: Yu Zhao, Fei Liu, Qiang He, Fang Liu, Xiaohu Sun, Jiyong Zhang
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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author Yu Zhao
Fei Liu
Qiang He
Fang Liu
Xiaohu Sun
Jiyong Zhang
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Fei Liu
Qiang He
Fang Liu
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Jiyong Zhang
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description With the rapid advancement of UAV-based remote sensing and image recognition techniques, identifying environmental risk factors from aerial imagery has emerged as a focal point in intelligent inspection during the power transmission and distribution projects construction phase. The uneven spatial distribution of risk factors on construction sites, their weak texture signatures, and the inherently multi-scale nature of UAV imagery pose significant detection challenges. To address these issues, we propose a one-stage SRW-YOLO algorithm built upon the YOLOv11 framework. First, a P2-scale shallow feature detection layer is added to capture high-resolution fine details of small targets. Second, we integrate a reparameterized convolution based on channel shuffle (RCS) of a one-shot aggregation (RCS-OSA) module into the backbone and neck’s shallow layers, enhancing feature extraction while significantly reducing inference latency. Finally, a dynamic non-monotonic focusing mechanism WIoU v3 loss function is employed to reweigh low-quality annotations, thereby improving small-object localization accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate that SRW-YOLO achieves an overall precision of 80.6% and mAP of 79.1% on the State Grid dataset, and exhibits similarly superior performance on the VisDrone2019 dataset. Compared with other one-stage detectors, SRW-YOLO delivers markedly higher detection accuracy, offering critical technical support for multi-scale, heterogeneous environmental risk monitoring during the power transmission and distribution projects construction phase, and establishes the theoretical foundation for rapid and accurate inspection using UAV-based intelligent imaging.
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spelling doaj-art-331da27af2f241eebe07abacf01eaff92025-08-20T04:00:53ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-07-011715257610.3390/rs17152576SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction PhaseYu Zhao0Fei Liu1Qiang He2Fang Liu3Xiaohu Sun4Jiyong Zhang5School of Science, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 102616, ChinaSchool of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Informatics, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 102616, ChinaSchool of Science, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 102616, ChinaSchool of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Informatics, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 102616, ChinaState Grid Economic and Technological Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 102200, ChinaState Grid Economic and Technological Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 102200, ChinaWith the rapid advancement of UAV-based remote sensing and image recognition techniques, identifying environmental risk factors from aerial imagery has emerged as a focal point in intelligent inspection during the power transmission and distribution projects construction phase. The uneven spatial distribution of risk factors on construction sites, their weak texture signatures, and the inherently multi-scale nature of UAV imagery pose significant detection challenges. To address these issues, we propose a one-stage SRW-YOLO algorithm built upon the YOLOv11 framework. First, a P2-scale shallow feature detection layer is added to capture high-resolution fine details of small targets. Second, we integrate a reparameterized convolution based on channel shuffle (RCS) of a one-shot aggregation (RCS-OSA) module into the backbone and neck’s shallow layers, enhancing feature extraction while significantly reducing inference latency. Finally, a dynamic non-monotonic focusing mechanism WIoU v3 loss function is employed to reweigh low-quality annotations, thereby improving small-object localization accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate that SRW-YOLO achieves an overall precision of 80.6% and mAP of 79.1% on the State Grid dataset, and exhibits similarly superior performance on the VisDrone2019 dataset. Compared with other one-stage detectors, SRW-YOLO delivers markedly higher detection accuracy, offering critical technical support for multi-scale, heterogeneous environmental risk monitoring during the power transmission and distribution projects construction phase, and establishes the theoretical foundation for rapid and accurate inspection using UAV-based intelligent imaging.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/15/2576power transmission and distribution projectsenvironmental riskobject detectionYOLOv11RCS-OSAWise-IoU
spellingShingle Yu Zhao
Fei Liu
Qiang He
Fang Liu
Xiaohu Sun
Jiyong Zhang
SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase
Remote Sensing
power transmission and distribution projects
environmental risk
object detection
YOLOv11
RCS-OSA
Wise-IoU
title SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase
title_full SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase
title_fullStr SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase
title_full_unstemmed SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase
title_short SRW-YOLO: A Detection Model for Environmental Risk Factors During the Grid Construction Phase
title_sort srw yolo a detection model for environmental risk factors during the grid construction phase
topic power transmission and distribution projects
environmental risk
object detection
YOLOv11
RCS-OSA
Wise-IoU
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/15/2576
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