<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>YOLOv8 | Maaz Salman</title><link>https://maazsalman.com/tags/yolov8/</link><atom:link href="https://maazsalman.com/tags/yolov8/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>YOLOv8</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://maazsalman.com/media/icon_hub75224e924a801dac222e2220d610f2c_32468_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.png</url><title>YOLOv8</title><link>https://maazsalman.com/tags/yolov8/</link></image><item><title>YOLOv8 Real-Time Rat Detection and Tracking</title><link>https://maazsalman.com/project/animal-tracking-yolo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://maazsalman.com/project/animal-tracking-yolo/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="-project-overview">🔬 Project Overview&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>This project uses a custom-trained &lt;strong>YOLOv8&lt;/strong> model to detect and track rats in video streams, compute the distance traveled, and generate visual analytics such as path plots and heatmaps.&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="-details">⚙️ Details&lt;/h2>
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&lt;li>Custom object detection using YOLOv8&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Real-time tracking with dynamic path drawing&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Post-processing: path plots and heatmaps from detection logs&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Real-world distance estimation&lt;/li>
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&lt;p>&lt;em>(For full source code, pin configurations, and implementation details, please view the GitHub repository using the button above).&lt;/em>&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>