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Detection · Logistics & Warehousing

Parcel counting: Datasets & Models

Automatically count parcels moving through a warehouse or distribution center using object detection on camera feeds. The model identifies and tallies individual packages as they appear on conveyors, in staging areas, or during loading.

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Parcel counting

This workflow runs parcel detection on warehouse camera images and video feeds, placing a bounding box around each package to produce a running count. It detects individual parcels such as boxes, envelopes, and mailers on conveyors, in staging areas, and during loading, including cases where items are closely spaced or partially overlapping.

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Why automate parcel counting

Manual parcel counting is slow, error-prone, and does not scale with peak-season volume; staff tallying packages by hand or relying on scattered barcode scans miss items and create reconciliation gaps between what was received, sorted, and shipped. Automating parcel detection with computer vision gives logistics and warehousing teams a continuous, objective count that runs on the cameras already watching the floor. It catches miscounts at induction, verifies truck loads and unloads, and flags discrepancies before they turn into lost inventory or chargebacks. Builders get a repeatable pipeline instead of periodic manual audits.

Key benefits

Accurate, always-on package counts reduce reconciliation errors and free staff from tedious tallying, while integrating with existing IP cameras and warehouse infrastructure rather than requiring new hardware. RF-DETR handles the dense, overlapping parcels common in high-throughput environments and scales across multiple camera locations from a single trained model. Detections plug directly into WMS dashboards, throughput analytics, and alerting so teams act on data instead of collecting it.

How to use it

  1. Upload an image: Drop any photo into the widget above to try parcel counting for free, right on this page.
  2. Preview instant results: The model detects parcel, cardboard box, envelope, padded mailer, pallet within seconds and returns an annotated image with structured predictions, so you can immediately see how well it works. Adjust the detection classes and re-run until the results fit your scenario.
  3. Like what you see?: With a free Roboflow account, you can deploy this workflow with the Serverless Cloud API, customize it in your workspace, or train RF-DETR on your own images for production accuracy.
  4. Get started for free: No code or training data required to begin: upload, review the results, and make it part of your stack in a single click.
Recommended model

Recommended model for parcel counting

RF-DETR is state of the art for real-time object detection, instance segmentation, and keypoint detection, with higher accuracy and lower latency than comparable models, and it's Apache 2.0 licensed. When you're ready to build a production model for parcel counting, fine-tune it on your own labeled images, then deploy to a Serverless Cloud API endpoint.

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