Published
Oct 3, 2021
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Our emphasis this month was on "code tentacles", or improving the ways that Roboflow integrates with your codebase. Below is a recap of what we launched and improved. Rewind to last month's (September 2021) changelog for a recap of earlier releases.
Roboflow Organize
- Released our REST API with the aim of eventually allowing you to perform any action you can currently do in Roboflow's web UI with code.
- Launched our PIP package which makes it dead simple to use Roboflow's APIs in your Python scripts or Jupyter notebooks.
- Added a new streamlined pathway for custom notebook users.
- Improved the team invitation flow.
Roboflow Train and Deploy
- Added
statsandhealthroutes to the edge inference server. - Updated Zero Shot Object Tracking with YOLOv4 support.
- Backend work to support upcoming OCR and CLIP tie-ins.
- Prep work for a new deployment target launching soon.
Roboflow Universe
- Launched on Product Hunt.
- Added backend tools to make it easier to find and highlight projects.
- Launched creator profile pages.
- Added serverside rendering for pretty share links.
- Featured 7 new projects.
Other
- Announced our Series-A fundraise.
- Partnered with Ultralytics on YOLOv5.
- Opened several new job listings (come help us democratize computer vision!)
- 18 bug fixes
- 13 blog posts
- 8 YouTube videos
- Presentations: Streamlit logo detection webinar, OpenCV active learning webinar
- Featured in/at: VentureBeat, Hackaday, Scott Belsky Newsletter, Axios, Craft, Clay and Milk, BBC.co.uk, Callin, OAK-D-Lite Kickstarter, TAI
- User projects: water bottle fill level, self driving racecar, satellite component recognition, weed killing flamethrower robot, shellfish behavior monitoring, autonomous vehicle competition, smart fridge, robot identification, dog detection, blackjack strategy
Cite this Post
Use the following entry to cite this post in your research:
Brad Dwyer. (Oct 3, 2021). Roboflow Changelog: October 2021. Roboflow Blog: https://blog.roboflow.com/changelog-october-2021/
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Written by
Brad Dwyer
Roboflow cofounder and CTO. Building the computer vision infrastructure for developers. Previously founded Hatchlings and created Product Hunt's AR App of the Year.