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A number of algorithms have been developed for the purpose of detecting cells, and employed in automated cell microinjection systems. However, due to the significant difference in scale between the microinjector tip size (~10\u2009\u00b5m) and the cell size (~100\u2009\u00b5m), conventional cell detection algorithms struggle to accurately detect both the microinjector tip and the cell simultaneously. Additionally, both the cells and the microinjector are transparent, making it difficult to distinguish them from the culture medium under the light. This leads to a lack of real\u2010time coordinate feedback for the cell and microinjector tip, increasing the risk of damaging the cell during puncture. To this end, this paper proposes a deep\u2010learning based real\u2010time visual detection method for robotic cell microinjection system with high accuracy and efficiency. The core of the method is the target detection algorithm based on improved YOLOv8n (denoted as BI\u2010YOLO). 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