Mmpose

**Highlights**

- Support ["Learning Temporal Pose Estimation from Sparsely-Labeled Videos"](https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04016), NeurIPS'2019 ([\#932](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/932), [\#1006](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1006), [\#1036](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1036), [\#1060](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1060)) liqikai9
- Add ViPNAS-MobileNetV3 models ([\1025](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1025)) luminxu, jin-s13
- Add [inference speed benchmark](/docs/inference_speed_summary.md) ([\1028](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1028), [\#1034](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1034), [\#1044](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1044)) liqikai9

**New Features**

- Support ["Learning Temporal Pose Estimation from Sparsely-Labeled Videos"](https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04016), NeurIPS'2019 ([\#932](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/932), [\#1006](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1006), [\#1036](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1036)) liqikai9
- Add ViPNAS-MobileNetV3 models ([\1025](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1025)) luminxu, jin-s13
- Add light-weight top-down models for whole-body keypoint detection ([\1009](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1009), [\#1020](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1020), [\#1055](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1055)) luminxu, ly015
- Add HRNet checkpoints with various settings on PoseTrack18 ([\1035](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1035)) liqikai9

**Improvements**

- Add [inference speed benchmark](/docs/inference_speed_summary.md) ([\1028](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1028), [\#1034](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1034), [\#1044](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1044)) liqikai9
- Update model metafile format ([\1001](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1001)) ly015
- Support minus output feature index in mobilenet_v3 ([\1005](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1005)) luminxu
- Improve documentation quality ([\1018](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1018), [\#1026](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1026), [\#1027](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1027), [\#1031](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1031), [\#1038](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1038), [\#1046](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1046), [\#1056](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1056), [\#1057](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1057)) edybk, luminxu, ly015, jin-s13
- Set default random seed in training initialization ([\1030](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1030)) ly015
- Skip CI when only specific files changed ([\1041](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1041), [\#1059](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1059)) QwQ2000, ly015
- Automatically cancel uncompleted action runs when new commit arrives ([\1053](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1053)) ly015

**Bug Fixes**

- Update pose tracking demo to be compatible with latest mmtracking ([\1014](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1014)) jin-s13
- Fix symlink creation failure when installed in Windows environments ([\1039](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1039)) QwQ2000
- Fix AP-10K dataset sigmas ([\1040](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/1040)) jin-s13

**Highlights**

- Add AP-10K dataset for animal pose estimation ([\987](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/987)) Annbless, AlexTheBad, jin-s13, ly015
- Support TorchServe ([\979](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/979)) ly015

**New Features**

- Add AP-10K dataset for animal pose estimation ([\987](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/987)) Annbless, AlexTheBad, jin-s13, ly015
- Add HRNetv2 checkpoints on 300W and COFW datasets ([\980](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/980)) jin-s13
- Support TorchServe ([\979](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/979)) ly015

**Bug Fixes**

- Fix some deprecated or risky settings in configs ([\963](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/963), [\#976](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/976), [\#992](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/992)) jin-s13, wusize
- Fix issues of default arguments of training and testing scripts ([\970](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/970), [\#985](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/985)) liqikai9, wusize
- Fix heatmap and tag size mismatch in bottom-up with UDP ([\994](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/994)) wusize
- Fix python3.9 installation in CI ([\983](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/983)) ly015
- Fix model zoo document integrity issue ([\990](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/990)) jin-s13

**Improvements**

- Support non-square input shape for bottom-up ([\991](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/991)) wusize
- Add image and video resources for demo ([\971](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/971)) liqikai9
- Use CUDA docker images to accelerate CI ([\973](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/973)) ly015
- Add codespell hook and fix detected typos ([\977](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/977)) ly015

**Highlights**

- Add models for Associative Embedding with Hourglass network backbone ([\906](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/906), [\#955](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/955)) jin-s13, luminxu
- Support COCO-Wholebody-Face and COCO-Wholebody-Hand datasets ([\813](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/813)) jin-s13, innerlee, luminxu
- Upgrade dataset interface ([\901](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/901), [\#924](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/924)) jin-s13, innerlee, ly015, liqikai9
- New style of documentation ([\945](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/945)) ly015

**New Features**

- Add models for Associative Embedding with Hourglass network backbone ([\906](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/906), [\#955](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/955)) jin-s13, luminxu
- Support COCO-Wholebody-Face and COCO-Wholebody-Hand datasets ([\813](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/813)) jin-s13, innerlee, luminxu
- Add pseudo-labeling tool to generate COCO style keypoint annotations with given bounding boxes ([\928](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/928)) soltkreig
- New style of documentation ([\945](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/945)) ly015

**Bug Fixes**

- Fix segmentation parsing in Macaque dataset preprocessing ([\948](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/948)) jin-s13
- Fix dependencies that may lead to CI failure in downstream projects ([\936](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/936), [\#953](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/953)) RangiLyu, ly015
- Fix keypoint order in Human3.6M dataset ([\940](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/940)) ttxskk
- Fix unstable image loading for Interhand2.6M ([\913](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/913)) zengwang430521

**Improvements**

- Upgrade dataset interface ([\901](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/901), [\#924](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/924)) jin-s13, innerlee, ly015, liqikai9
- Improve demo usability and stability ([\908](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/908), [\#934](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/934)) ly015
- Standardize model metafile format ([\941](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/941)) ly015
- Support `persistent_worker` and several other arguments in configs ([\946](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/946)) jin-s13
- Use MMCV root model registry to enable cross-project module building ([\935](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/935)) RangiLyu
- Improve the document quality ([\916](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/916), [\#909](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/909), [\#942](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/942), [\#913](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/913), [\#956](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/956)) jin-s13, ly015, bit-scientist, zengwang430521
- Improve pull request template ([\952](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/952), [\#954](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/954)) ly015

**Breaking Changes**

- Upgrade dataset interface ([\901](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/901)) jin-s13, innerlee, ly015

**Improvements**

- Add automatic benchmark regression tools ([\849](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/849), [\#880](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/880), [\#885](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/885)) liqikai9, ly015
- Add copyright information and checking hook ([\872](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/872))
- Add PR template ([\875](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/875)) ly015
- Add citation information ([\876](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/876)) ly015
- Add python3.9 in CI ([\877](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/877), [\#883](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/883)) ly015
- Improve the quality of the documents ([\845](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/845), [\#845](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/845), [\#848](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/848), [\#867](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/867), [\#870](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/870), [\#873](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/873), [\#896](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/896)) jin-s13, ly015, zhiqwang

**Bug Fixes**

- Fix redundant model weight loading in pytorch-to-onnx conversion ([\850](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/850)) ly015
- Fix a bug in update_model_index.py that may cause pre-commit hook failure([\866](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/866)) ly015
- Fix a bug in interhand_3d_head ([\890](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/890)) zengwang430521
- Fix pose tracking demo failure caused by out-of-date configs ([\891](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/891))

**Highlights**

1. Support ["Lite-HRNet: A Lightweight High-Resolution Network"](https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.06403) CVPR'2021 ([\#733](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/733),[\#800](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/800)) jin-s13
2. Add 3d body mesh demo ([\771](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/771)) zengwang430521
3. Add Chinese documentation ([\787](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/787), [\#798](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/798), [\#799](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/799), [\#802](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/802), [\#804](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/804), [\#805](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/805), [\#815](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/815), [\#816](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/816), [\#817](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/817), [\#819](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/819), [\#839](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/839)) ly015, luminxu, jin-s13, liqikai9, zengwang430521
4. Add Colab Tutorial ([\834](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/834)) ly015

**New Features**

- Support ["Lite-HRNet: A Lightweight High-Resolution Network"](https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.06403) CVPR'2021 ([\#733](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/733),[\#800](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/800)) jin-s13
- Add 3d body mesh demo ([\771](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/771)) zengwang430521
- Add Chinese documentation ([\787](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/787), [\#798](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/798), [\#799](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/799), [\#802](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/802), [\#804](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/804), [\#805](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/805), [\#815](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/815), [\#816](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/816), [\#817](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/817), [\#819](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/819), [\#839](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/839)) ly015, luminxu, jin-s13, liqikai9, zengwang430521
- Add Colab Tutorial ([\834](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/834)) ly015
- Support training for InterHand v1.0 dataset ([\761](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/761)) zengwang430521

**Bug Fixes**

- Fix mpii pckh0.1 index ([\773](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/773)) jin-s13
- Fix multi-node distributed test ([\818](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/818)) ly015
- Fix docstring and init_weights error of ShuffleNetV1 ([\814](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/814)) Junjun2016
- Fix imshow_bbox error when input bboxes is empty ([\796](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/796)) ly015
- Fix model zoo doc generation ([\778](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/778)) ly015
- Fix typo ([\767](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/767)), ([\#780](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/780), [\#782](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/782)) ly015, jin-s13

**Breaking Changes**

- Use MMCV EvalHook ([\686](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/686)) ly015

**Improvements**

- Add pytest.ini and fix docstring ([\812](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/812)) jin-s13
- Support None as target weights in losses ([\829](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/829)) Ezra-Yu
- Move process_mmdet_results into inference.py ([\831](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/831)) ly015
- Update resource limit ([\783](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/783)) jin-s13
- Use COCO 2D pose model in 3D demo examples ([\785](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/785)) ly015
- Change model zoo titles in the doc from center-aligned to left-aligned ([\792](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/792), [\#797](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/797)) ly015
- Support MIM ([\706](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/706), [\#794](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/794)) ly015
- Update out-of-date configs ([\827](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/827)) jin-s13
- Remove opencv-python-headless dependency by albumentations ([\833](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/833)) ly015
- Update QQ QR code in README_CN.md ([\832](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/832)) ly015

[**Demo Video**](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15977946/124265709-aec28f00-db68-11eb-9081-1745c5e972f6.mp4)

**Highlights**

1. Support ["ViPNAS: Efficient Video Pose Estimation via Neural Architecture Search"](https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.10154) CVPR'2021 ([\#742](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/742),[\#755](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/755)).
1. Support MPI-INF-3DHP dataset ([\683](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/683),[\#746](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/746),[\#751](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/751)).
1. Add webcam demo tool ([\729](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/729))
1. Add 3d body and hand pose estimation demo ([\704](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/704), [\#727](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/727)).

**New Features**

- Support ["ViPNAS: Efficient Video Pose Estimation via Neural Architecture Search"](https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.10154) CVPR'2021 ([\#742](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/742),[\#755](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/755))
- Support MPI-INF-3DHP dataset ([\683](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/683),[\#746](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/746),[\#751](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/751))
- Support Webcam demo ([\729](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/729))
- Support Interhand 3d demo ([\704](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/704))
- Support 3d pose video demo ([\727](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/727))
- Support H36m dataset for 2d pose estimation ([\709](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/709),[\#735](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/735))
- Add scripts to generate mim metafile ([\749](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/749))

**Bug Fixes**

- Fix typos ([\692](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/692),[\#696](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/696),[\#697](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/697),[\#698](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/698),[\#712](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/712),[\#718](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/718),[\#728](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/728))
- Change model download links from `http` to `https` ([\716](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/716))

**Breaking Changes**

- Switch to MMCV MODEL_REGISTRY ([\669](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/669))

**Improvements**

- Refactor MeshMixDataset ([\752](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/752))
- Rename 'GaussianHeatMap' to 'GaussianHeatmap' ([\745](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/745))
- Update out-of-date configs ([\734](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/734))
- Improve compatibility for breaking changes ([\731](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/731))
- Enable to control radius and thickness in visualization ([\722](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/722))
- Add regex dependency ([\720](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose/pull/720))