• 9 min read
What Is a Unified Namespace? Where Vision AI Fits in the UNS
A unified namespace gives every plant system one data model. Roboflow Workflows publish camera detections as MQTT events any MES can read.
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Erik Kokalj
Developer Experience @ Roboflow
Latest Posts by Erik Kokalj
• 6 min read
Run RF-DETR in NVIDIA DeepStream on Jetson
From pretrained weights to live multi-camera inference on a Jetson Orin NX: TensorRT engine build, the custom bbox parser DeepStream needs, and per-class colors with a pyds probe.
• 4 min read
Gemini 3.6 Flash for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks
Cheaper and faster than Gemini 3.5 Flash, and the best model we tested on video. Object detection is the one real step back.
• 4 min read
How to Scale a Computer Vision Pilot to Production in Manufacturing
See how to scale a computer vision pilot to production: why 77% stall on integration, not the model, and how to get past it in manufacturing.
• 4 min read
Making Visual AI Standard Practice in Complex Manufacturing
Learn how to implement visual AI in manufacturing from Florida Crystals' quality lead: trust tests, feedback loops, and pilots that scale.
• 2 min read
Claude Sonnet 5 for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks
We ran Claude Sonnet 5 through the Roboflow Vision Evals across 67 real vision prompts. It ties Sonnet 4.6, trails Fable 5, and sits well behind Gemini 3.5 Flash, which still leads the board.
• 5 min read
Turning Computer Vision Into Real‑World Value at Enterprise Scale
Learn why computer vision pilots fail in the real world. Roboflow CEO Joseph Nelson shares a three-step playbook for deploying vision AI in production.
• 7 min read
Manufacturing Vision Systems
Manufacturing vision systems explained: the five components, smart camera vs PC-based, rule-based vs AI, and how to choose one for your line.
• 4 min read
Human-in-the-Loop Computer Vision: Closing the Gap Between the Model and the Floor
See how human-in-the-loop computer vision closes the gap between model metrics and the floor. Watch operators improve the next model live.
• 6 min read
What Is an eQMS in Manufacturing?
Discover what an eQMS is and how integrating computer vision automates manufacturing quality control, from real-time defect detection to CAPA tracking.
• 7 min read
REST APIs in Manufacturing
Learn how REST APIs connect vision AI, MES, and quality systems on the plant floor. Understand when to use REST versus MQTT and OPC UA for industrial data.
• 2 min read
Claude Fable 5 for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks
Claude Fable 5 is a strong reasoning model for visual understand but not a state-of-the-art vision model.
• 6 min read
MQTT in Manufacturing with Vision AI
Discover how MQTT connects computer vision models to PLCs, SCADA, and MES systems on the plant floor. Learn to automate defect detection and safety alerts.
• 7 min read
Electronic Batch Records: Verify Data Entry with Vision A
Electronic batch records still depend on people reading gauges and typing numbers. Vision AI verifies each reading before it enters the record.
• 6 min read
The Computer Vision Manufacturing Integration Stack
Connect computer vision to your manufacturing stack: edge inference plus PLC, SCADA, MES, and ERP integration over EtherNet/IP, MQTT, and OPC UA.
• 4 min read
Cosmos 3: Evaluation for Vision Use Cases
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 offers zero-shot performance on fixed-camera footage across airports, warehouses, and production lines.
• 7 min read
What Is OPC UA? How Factories Connect Vision AI to PLCs
OPC UA (IEC 62541) explained: what it is, how it compares to MQTT and Modbus, and how it connects Vision AI inspection results to PLCs and MES.
• 6 min read
What Is YOLO26-Depth? Monocular Depth Estimation
YOLO26 Depth brings metric monocular depth estimation to YOLO.
• 6 min read
Gemini 3.5 Flash for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks
SUMMARY
Gemini 3.5 Flash, released at Google I/O on May 19, 2026, currently tops the Roboflow Vision Evals leaderboard across 67 real vision prompts covering defect detection, document understanding, object counting, and spatial reasoning. It outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on counting and spatial tasks while running roughly
• 7 min read
How to Use EasyOCR
Learn how to use OCR to read and extract text from an image.
• 10 min read
What Is YOLO? The Guide to YOLO Models
Learn about the history of the YOLO family of objec tdetection models, extensively used across a wide range of object detection tasks.
• 4 min read
How to Use the Detectron2 Model Zoo for Object Detection
Use the Detectron2 model zoo: train Faster R-CNN from a COCO checkpoint, swap architectures with a one-line config change, and evaluate mAP.
• 6 min read
What Is ERP in Manufacturing?
Learn what ERP means in manufacturing: the five core modules, and how Vision AI feeds real-time floor data in.
• 5 min read
Serverless GPU Inference Cost Comparison: Roboflow, GCP, AWS, Azure
SUMMARY
Serving a custom RF-DETR XL model on serverless GPU infrastructure produces dramatically different monthly costs depending on the provider and traffic pattern, so this post benchmarks Roboflow Serverless, GCP Cloud Run, AWS SageMaker, and Azure Serverless GPU across three workloads: continuous inference at one request per 10 seconds,
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