This study presents an automated system for detecting physical damage to packages in logistics operations using deep learning. Manual inspections are often slow and error prone, whereas deep learning based object detection, particularly the YOLO (You Only Look Once) family, offers both speed and accuracy for real time applications. We created a dataset of 5,188 images labelled as “Damaged” or “Undamaged” on the Roboflow 3.0 platform. To enhance the robustness, each image was augmented with greyscale conversion and 90° rotations (clockwise and counterclockwise). The dataset was divided into 86% training, 7% validation, and 7% test sets and used to train the YOLOv12 model. The model achieved a mean average precision at IoU = 0.50 (mAP@0.50) of 93.7%, with a Precision of 93.3% and a Recall of 93.8% on the test set. Integrated into a Python GUI, the model processes user selected images in real time, drawing bounding boxes around packages and labelling their damage status. This approach significantly improves the operational efficiency and detection accuracy by reducing the reliance on manual inspections. Future work will investigate advanced augmentation techniques (e.g., varying lighting, contrast, and shadows) and transfer learning to enhance generalisation across diverse package types and environmental conditions
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Artificial Intelligence (Other) |
| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Submission Date | June 4, 2025 |
| Acceptance Date | June 26, 2025 |
| Publication Date | July 28, 2025 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2025 Volume: 1 Issue: 2 |