Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago
(Jacob Seiler) Improving in archery often goes beyond simply increasing your score; it also means building consistency, tightening groupings, and recognising patterns such as shots drifting off-centre. However, tracking the final position of arrows after each shot is a slow, imprecise, and awkward process.
In this talk, I show how I trained and validated a computer vision pipeline using oriented object detection to infer arrow locations and scores directly from a target image. By deploying this system on a Raspberry Pi, the process becomes simple enough to use during regular practice, while also creating a record of shot placement that can be analysed over time. This makes it possible to look beyond individual scores and start tracking broader patterns in accuracy and consistency.
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/YGUJEG/
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PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
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Thu Aug 27 12:40:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 3
(Jacob Seiler) Improving in archery often goes beyond simply increasing your score; it also means building consistency, tightening groupings, and recognising patterns such as shots drifting off-centre. However, tracking the final position of arrows after each shot is a slow, imprecise, and awkward process.
In this talk, I show how I trained and validated a computer vision pipeline using oriented object detection to infer arrow locations and scores directly from a target image. By deploying this system on a Raspberry Pi, the process becomes simple enough to use during regular practice, while also creating a record of shot placement that can be analysed over time. This makes it possible to look beyond individual scores and start tracking broader patterns in accuracy and consistency.
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/YGUJEG/
python, pycon, australia, programming, conference, technical, developers, panel, sessions, libraries, frameworks, community, sysadmins, students, education, data, science
Videos licensed as CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
Licensed as CC BY-NC-SA - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
Thu Aug 27 12:40:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 3
