A Review of YOLO Family from YOLOv1 to YOLO26
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Mustafa Yurdakul
Halenur Sazak
Muhammed Kotan
Prof. Dr. Şakir TAŞDEMİR Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
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Makale Dili Basım Tarihi 02-2026
Kabul Tarihi 20-02-2026 Yayınlanma Tarihi 27-02-2026
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 0 / 0 / – DOI 10.20944/preprints202602.1844.v1
Makale Linki https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202602.1844
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Object detection technologies form the foundation of real-time performance across a broad spectrum of applications, ranging from autonomous systems to medical imaging. This study analyzes the extensive architectural evolution of the YOLO series, the benchmark for this field, from its initial version to the cur rent YOLO26 model. Throughout the paper, structural transformations in the backbone, neck, and detection head components are examined chronologically. The review focuses on critical technical milestones, including the transition from anchor-based to anchor-free systems, the integration of attention mechanisms, and optimizations to loss functions. Furthermore, by evaluating the density of literature, data labeling tools, and the wide range of applications, the study exam ines the evolutionary logic of object detection architectures and the technological framework of modern models in comprehensive detail.
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A Review of YOLO Family from YOLOv1 to YOLO26

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