🌟 Summary

Ultralytics YOLO11 is here! Building on the YOLOv8 foundation with R&D by @Laughing-q and @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16539, YOLO11 offers cutting-edge improvements in accuracy, speed, and efficiency, redefining what's possible in real-time object detection and computer vision tasks.

📊 Key Highlights

• 🚀 YOLO11 Model Unveiled: A significant upgrade over YOLOv8, YOLO11 is now the default model with enhanced architecture and optimized pipelines.
• 📚 Revamped Documentation: Clearer, more detailed guides, examples, and resources to help users transition seamlessly to YOLO11.
• 🛠️ Streamlined CI & Dockerfiles: All continuous integration files and Docker environments are optimized for YOLO11, ensuring smooth workflows.
• 🔄 Augmentation & Blocks Upgraded: New augmentations and block modules boost performance metrics across various tasks.
• 🔧 YOLO11-Specific Configurations: Tailored model configuration files to get the most out of YOLO11's advanced features.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Top-Tier Performance: YOLO11 delivers better accuracy with fewer parameters, enhancing real-time object detection and efficiency for your AI needs.
• Versatility in Computer Vision Tasks: Supports a broader range of tasks, including object detection, instance segmentation, pose estimation, and oriented bounding box detection, adaptable across edge to cloud environments.
• Easy Adoption: With updated resources, tutorials, and an intuitive model structure, developers can quickly adopt and maximize YOLO11's capabilities.

What's Changed

• Update test_exports.py by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16527
• Fix hand-keypoints.yaml image counts by @jk4e in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16528
• Update Dockerfile-python by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16529
• Use apt-get in Dockerfiles by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16535
• ultralytics 8.3.0 YOLO11 Models Release by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16539

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.2.103...v8.3.0