ResearchResearch paperComputer Vision1 source · Oct 9, 2026

Selective Spatio-Temporal Fruit Inspector (S$^2$FI): A Mamba-based Framework for Rotational Fruit Quality Assessment

We propose the Selective Spatio-Temporal Fruit Inspector (S$^2$FI) architecture, which combines a 3D convolutional encoder with a Mamba-based backbone.It efficiently extracts spatiotemporal features, adaptively weighs informative frames during fruit rotation, and models long-range dependencies with linear complexity, reducing motion blur and occlusion.

Key points

  • The global fruit and vegetable industry confronts severe post-harvest sorting challenges for small and medium-scale growers.
  • To bridge this gap between expensive equipment and inefficient manual work, this study develops a low-cost, high-efficiency, lightweight fruit sorting system driven by deep learning, suitable for small and medium growers.
  • We also built a conveyor-based fruit quality video dataset with 6,460 samples.
  • Experiments on the held-out test set show that our method achieves the best trade-off among accuracy, efficiency, and practicality, outperforming the compared baselines on the test set, achieving an excellent balance of accuracy, speed, and practicality for real-world sorting.

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  • [1]Selective Spatio-Temporal Fruit Inspector (S$^2$FI): A Mamba-based Framework for Rotational Fruit Quality Assessment
    arXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 9, 01:53 AM
    We propose the Selective Spatio-Temporal Fruit Inspector (S$^2$FI) architecture, which combines a 3D convolutional encoder with a Mamba-based backbone.It efficiently extracts spatiotemporal features, adaptively weighs informative frames during fruit rotation, and models long-range dependencies with linear complexity, reducing motion blur and occlusion.
    The global fruit and vegetable industry confronts severe post-harvest sorting challenges for small and medium-scale growers.

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