ultralytics 8.3.80

v8.3.80 - `ultralytics 8.3.80` Fix YOLO-NAS export (#19426)

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🌟 Summary (single-line synopsis)

Version 8.3.80 features crucial upgrades to YOLO-NAS handling, improved configuration merging for smoother exports, enhanced documentation interactivity, and compatibility refinements for key frameworks. 🚀

📊 Key Changes (bullet points highlighting any major changes)

• 🔄 Model Export Enhancements: Fixed YOLO-NAS export by integrating default configs (DEFAULT_CFG_DICT) into model attributes for higher flexibility.
• 🧠 RBOX Regularization: Refined bounding box angle calculations for consistency in the OpenCV definition.
• 📋 Documentation Upgrades: Introduced sortable tables for performance data to improve clarity and usability across pages.
• 🔧 Framework Compatibility: Constrained OpenVINO dependency to version >=2024.0.0,<2025.0.0 and updated outdated function calls for compatibility.
• 🐳 Docker Workflow Fix: Removed deprecated numpy dependency to resolve CI errors and streamlined build conditions.

🎯 Purpose & Impact (bullet points explaining any benefits and potential impact to users)

• 🌟 Improved Export Reliability: The configuration merging for YOLO-NAS ensures a more robust process, minimizing errors during model deployment and export.
• 🧮 Better Prediction Accuracy: Regularizing rboxes improves detections by addressing angle inconsistencies in bounding boxes.
• 🖱️ Enhanced User Experience: Sortable tables in documentation allow users to interactively organize performance metrics, making comparisons easier.
• ✅ Smoother OpenVINO Exports: Version constraints and function updates enhance stability and prepare the platform for future releases without breaking changes.
• 🔄 Cleaner CI Pipelines: Removing deprecated dependencies ensures more reliable builds, benefitting developers contributing to the codebase.

This update underscores Ultralytics' focus on improving usability, compatibility, and export-related functionalities for smoother workflows and precise model performance. 🚀

What's Changed

• Optimize Sony IMX500 doc by @lakshanthad in #19421
• Constrain OpenVINO versions to >=2024.0.0,<2025.0.0 by @ambitious-octopus in #19122
• New Docs sortable tables by @Y-T-G in #19376
• Fixing tflite export CI error by @ambitious-octopus in #19422
• Fix rbox regularization by @Y-T-G in #19429
• ultralytics 8.3.80 Fix YOLO-NAS export by @Y-T-G in #19426

Full Changelog: v8.3.79...v8.3.80