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18 Jul 2025 • 5 min read

Use Qwen2.5-VL for Zero-Shot Object Detection

Qwen2.5-VL is the latest addition to the Qwen vision-language model series, offering cutting-edge capabilities for image, text, and document understanding. Available in three model sizes—3B, 7B, and 72B—it excels at tasks such as object detection, OCR for multi-language and rotated text, and structured data extraction from complex

18 Jul 2025 • 8 min read

How Computer Vision Is Reshaping The Restaurant Industry

Learn how computer vision can be used to improve efficiency in the restaurant industry.

18 Jul 2025 • 7 min read

Use Gemini 2.5 for Zero-Shot Object Detection & Segmentation

Learn how to use Gemini 2.5 for zero-shot object detection and segmentation.

17 Jul 2025 • 5 min read

How to Make a Heatmap with Computer Vision

This guide walks you through building a computer vision-powered heatmap using Roboflow. We'll use the example of mapping my dog’s movement in my apartment - from collecting video data to generating the heatmap by sending data from the workflows directly into a custom Python script.

17 Jul 2025 • 30 min read

AI in Robotics

This blog explores how AI powers modern robotics, from core technologies like computer vision,NLP and ML to real-world robots, models, and projects, revealing how intelligent machines are transforming industry and society.

16 Jul 2025 • 19 min read

Comprehensive Guide to Multiple Object Tracking

Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) represents one of the most challenging and practically significant problems in computer vision.

14 Jul 2025 • 8 min read

Comparing Base and Fine-Tuned SmolVLM2 for OCR

In this guide, we will walk through how to fine-tune SmolVLM2 for OCR.

14 Jul 2025 • 14 min read

OCR Use Cases: Practical Workflows & Implementation Tips

Explore three high-ROI OCR use cases: Document Automation, ID Verification, and Logistics backed by live pipelines and metrics.

11 Jul 2025 • 4 min read

Use Roboflow Workflows to Collect and Preprocess Image Training Data

Learn how to use Roboflow Workflows to collect and preprocess image training data for use in building a vision model.

9 Jul 2025 • 28 min read

Best Computer Vision Companies

Learn about different computer vision companies and the services they are offering. Learn how to quickly get started with Roboflow, Google Vision AI, Amazon Sagemaker and Microsoft Azure AI.

7 Jul 2025 • 26 min read

Best Data Annotation Platforms

Learn about different data annotation platforms such as Roboflow, Autodistill, CVAT, LabelMe, VGG, RectLabel, HumanSignal (Label Studio) and how to annotate data using them.

4 Jul 2025 • 9 min read

Creating a Cutting Safety Tool with Keypoint Detection

Learn how to create a tool that monitors for potentially hazardous posture when cutting food in the kitchen.

4 Jul 2025 • 7 min read

How to Train a ResNet-34 Model on a Custom Dataset

Learn how to train a ResNet-34 model for image classification using a custom dataset.

3 Jul 2025 • 21 min read

How to Control a PTZ Camera with Computer Vision and Roboflow Workflows

Learn how to control a PTZ camera in a computer vision application.

1 Jul 2025 • 36 min read

Ultimate Guide to Albumentations

Understand what is Albumentations library and learn how to use it for image augmentation with code examples.

26 Jun 2025 • 5 min read

How to Choose An Image Labeling Partner

Good data quality makes or breaks a vision model. Learn how to find a trusted data labeling partner who can help you label images accurately.

26 Jun 2025 • 5 min read

How to Use Perception Encoder

Learn how to use and deploy Meta AI's Perception Encoder model with Roboflow Inference.

26 Jun 2025 • 6 min read

How to Deploy RF-DETR to an NVIDIA Jetson

Learn how to deploy RF-DETR to a Roboflow Jetson.

25 Jun 2025 • 5 min read

How to Train a ResNet-18 Model with a Custom Dataset

Learn how to train a ResNet-18 classification model with a custom dataset.

24 Jun 2025 • 8 min read

Launch: Roboflow Instant Models

Roboflow Instant is a free, quick-to-train, few-shot model that requires as few as a half-dozen labelled images to produce an accurate object detection model.

23 Jun 2025 • 21 min read

Video Annotation: Get Started Guide

Understand video annotation using Roboflow and learn how to annotate video dataset using Roboflow and best practices for video annotation.

23 Jun 2025 • 4 min read

What Is ResNet-18?

ResNet-18 remains one of the most practical and influential models in deep learning, especially in image classification.

23 Jun 2025 • 7 min read

How to Fine-Tune a SmolVLM2 Model on a Custom Dataset

Learn how to fine-tune SmolVLM2 for visual question answering using a custom dataset.

20 Jun 2025 • 3 min read

Roboflow Powers AI Progress with $1M+ in Research Support

Excited to share a new milestone today: we just passed $1M+ in credits given to researchers and academics who use Roboflow. This isn’t a future initiative we’re planning or one that starts today. We’ve been deeply invested in supporting new work by students, academics and researchers for