ros_openvino_tiny-yolov3

This repository contains ROS Service for Intel Openvino based yolov3 object detection. This was created for accelerating tiny-Yolov3 neural network algorithm by running it on intel NUC iGPU for underwater object recognition to be used in autonomous underwater vehicle (https://auvnitrkl.github.io/)

Intel OpenVino 2018 R5 suported

##Converting darknet model to openvino

Use https://github.com/PINTO0309/OpenVINO-YoloV3/releases/tag/2018R5 release. Only cpp demo tested

MOST IMPORTANT: Use only with tensorflow-1.12.0. Other versions of tensorflow won't work.