🌟 Summary

Release v8.2.74 introduces enhancements for NVIDIA Jetson support, improved export options, and tracking updates.

📊 Key Changes

• GitHub Actions: Updated to include additional status code (401).
• Documentation Updates:
  • Expanded NVIDIA Jetson support, now including JetPack 6.0.
  • Improved OpenVINO export options, adding support for dynamic input sizes.
  • Added a contributor mfloto.
• Trackers Configuration:
  • Added fuse_score option to BoT-SORT and ByteTrack trackers.
• Code Adjustments: Conditionally fuse confidence scores with IoU distances in trackers.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Security and Reliability:
  • The GitHub Actions update makes the system more robust by handling 401 Unauthorized statuses 💪.
• Enhanced Hardware Support:
  • Documentation on JetPack 6.0 expands the usability of YOLOv8 across more NVIDIA Jetson devices, providing detailed setup instructions 🚀.
• Export Flexibility:
  • The dynamic input size support in OpenVINO exports enhances the model's flexibility and compatibility 🎨.
• Tracking Improvements:
  • The fuse_score option in trackers improves the accuracy and reliability of object tracking by leveraging both confidence and IoU metrics 🎯.

What's Changed

• Ignore Vimeo 401 'unauthorized' errors by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/14980
• fix example for plotting Ray Tune history by @mfloto in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/14970
• Update NVIDIA Jetson Docs with JetPack 6 by @lakshanthad in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/14939
• Fix OpenVINO Export Docs by @ambitious-octopus in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/14918
• ultralytics 8.2.74 add fuse_score=True BoT-SORT and ByteTrack arg by @Laughing-q in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/14965

New Contributors

• @mfloto made their first contribution in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/14970

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.2.73...v8.2.74