balkontech-models

BalkonTech Models — Factory Worker Detection

Fine-tuned YOLO models for detecting factory workers in industrial environments. These models were trained on real-world factory footage to reliably localize workers under challenging conditions such as occlusion, machinery clutter, and varied lighting.

Models

Classes: worker (person in a factory/industrial setting)

Intended Use

• Worker presence detection on the factory floor
• Occupancy and zone-monitoring analytics
• Input stage for downstream safety systems (e.g., restricted-area alerts)

Out of scope: These models are not certified safety devices. Do not use them as the sole mechanism for life-critical decisions. Face recognition or identification of individuals is not supported and not intended.

Usage

from ultralytics import YOLO

# Load either model
model = YOLO("yolo11x_best.pt")   # or "yolo26x_best.pt"

# Inference on an image, video, or stream
results = model.predict("factory_frame.jpg", conf=0.4)

for r in results:
    for box in r.boxes:
        print(box.cls, box.conf, box.xyxy)

Download directly from the Hub:

from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
from ultralytics import YOLO

weights = hf_hub_download(
    repo_id="etemkocaaslan/balkontech-models",
    filename="yolo11x_best.pt",
)
model = YOLO(weights)

Training

• Base models: Ultralytics YOLO11x and YOLO26x pretrained weights
• Data: Proprietary dataset of factory-floor imagery annotated for workers
• Fine-tuning: Standard Ultralytics training pipeline

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Evaluation

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Limitations

• Trained on factory environments; performance may degrade in outdoor or non-industrial scenes.
• Heavy occlusion, unusual poses, or extreme camera angles may reduce recall.
• Not evaluated for fairness across demographics; detections are class-level only (no identity).

Ethical Considerations

These models detect people in workplaces. Deployments should comply with local privacy and labor regulations (e.g., KVKK/GDPR), inform affected workers, and avoid use for individual surveillance or performance tracking.

License

Released under AGPL-3.0, consistent with the Ultralytics license of the base models. For commercial licensing of Ultralytics-derived models, see Ultralytics Licensing.

Citation

@misc{balkontech-worker-detection,
  author = {Kocaaslan, Etem},
  title = {BalkonTech Models: Fine-tuned YOLO for Factory Worker Detection},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/etemkocaaslan/balkontech-models}}
}