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13 Oct 2022 • 3 min read

Launch: Use YouTube Videos for Training Data and Inference Testing

When building a computer vision application from scratch, two of the most time consuming parts of the process are finding data to train the model and quickly testing the performance of the model. As of today, Roboflow is making that easier for all users by supporting YouTube video links for

1 Oct 2022 • 4 min read

Roboflow Changelog: September 2022

Each month, we share a recap of product and company updates. In this post, we detail Roboflow's updates from September 2022.

28 Sep 2022 • 3 min read

Launch: Smart Polygon Labeling

Roboflow Annotate [https://roboflow.com/annotate] now offers automated polygon labeling for all users. With as few as one click, you can apply a polygon annotation to objects in your datasets. Polygon annotations [https://blog.roboflow.com/polygon-annotation-labeling/] are critical to prepare datasets for training instance segmentation [https://blog.roboflow.

28 Sep 2022 • 6 min read

Object Detection vs. Image Classification vs. Keypoint Detection

Learn what object detection, classification, and keypoint detection are, and when tech technique is useful.

28 Sep 2022 • 9 min read

Supervised Learning vs. Unsupervised Learning: Explained

Learn what supervised and unsupervised learning are and how they compare.

21 Sep 2022 • 12 min read

How to Measure Distance in Photos and Videos Using Computer Vision

Learn how to measure distance in photos and videos using computer vision.

21 Sep 2022 • 9 min read

How to Train YOLOv5 Instance Segmentation on a Custom Dataset

Learn how to train a YOLOv5 instance segmentation model on a custom dataset.

20 Sep 2022 • 2 min read

Launch: Test Computer Vision Models Locally

Roboflow has extensive deployment options [https://roboflow.com/deploy] for getting your model into production. But, sometimes, you just want to get something simple running on your development machine. If  you don't want to futz with installing CUDA [https://blog.roboflow.com/what-is-cuda/] and Docker, we've

14 Sep 2022 • 8 min read

Using Computer Vision with Drones for Georeferencing

You can extract information about objects of interest from satellite and drone imagery using a computer vision model, but a machine learning model will only tell you where an object is in an image, not where it is on the globe. To get the objects' GPS position, you need

9 Sep 2022 • 4 min read

Roboflow Changelog: July & August 2022

Each month, we share a recap of product and company updates. In this post, we detail Roboflow's updates from July and August 2022.

7 Sep 2022 • 2 min read

Roboflow now available in the AWS Marketplace

Roboflow’s end-to-end computer vision platform [https://roboflow.com/] is transforming the way businesses use computer vision and now you can get Roboflow through the AWS Marketplace [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ic7o6cr7dmp3k?sr=0-1&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa] , making it easier to purchase for AWS customers.

7 Sep 2022 • 7 min read

How I use Computer Vision and Twilio to Guarantee Availability at Busy Public Tennis Courts

Some people don’t follow the rules at public tennis courts. Most city courts are first-come-first-serve, and you’re meant to limit play to a set amount of time if people are waiting. However, people often try to get away with a tiebreak set after using the court for over

5 Sep 2022 • 5 min read

Train Activity Recognition Models Using Spectrograms and Computer Vision

As Ph.D. students in the Active Robotics Sensing Lab (ARoS) at NC State under the supervision of Dr. Edgar Lobaton, we developed in conjunction with The Engineering Place at NC State a set of activities to walk high school students through the entire computer vision pipeline.

30 Aug 2022 • 7 min read

WTF COCO - The Weird Images that Underpin Modern Computer Vision Models

COCO [https://blog.roboflow.com/coco-dataset/] is an industry standard dataset for benchmarking the performance of object detection models. The dataset was created by "gathering images of complex everyday scenes containing common objects in their natural context" and contains image annotations in 91 categories, with over 1.5

19 Aug 2022 • 8 min read

How to Train YOLOv5-Classification on a Custom Dataset

Learn how to train a YOLOv5 classification model on a custom dataset.

18 Aug 2022 • 6 min read

How to Use S3 in Your Computer Vision Pipeline

Learn how to use AWS S3 with Roboflow to store and process image data for use in training computer vision models.

17 Aug 2022 • 6 min read

Launch: Dataset Search

Learn how to search image datasets using Roboflow.

16 Aug 2022 • 6 min read

Building Custom Computer Vision Models with NVIDIA TAO Toolkit and Roboflow

NVIDIA's TAO Toolkit provides a framework for fine-tuning popular computer vision models using your own data. In this tutorial, we'll be demonstrating how to use Roboflow to curate a high-quality computer vision dataset to use with NVIDIA's TAO Toolkit.

8 Aug 2022 • 4 min read

How to Use Object Detection to Trigger Automated Email Alerts

Learn how to trigger automated email alerts when an object detection model identifies the location of an object.

4 Aug 2022 • 4 min read

Launch: Deploy Computer Vision Models to a Raspberry Pi

Learn how to deploy computer vision models to a Raspberry Pi.

3 Aug 2022 • 8 min read

Develop like a Pro with NVIDIA + Docker + VS Code + PyTorch

Everybody hates installing NVIDIA drivers, you have to manually download them, then install cuda [https://blog.roboflow.com/what-is-cuda/] [https://search.brave.com/search?q=cuda&source=desktop], be sure to have the correct version of everything, and change them from time to time to be updated. Today we

3 Aug 2022 • 4 min read

Use Raspberry Pi and Luxonis OAK to Deploy Vision Models in Robotics

Learn how to use the Raspberry Pi and Luxonis OAK to run computer vision models for robotics projects.

1 Aug 2022 • 3 min read

How to Deploy YOLOv7 to a Jetson Nano

We'll be creating a dataset, training a YOLOv7 computer vision model, and deploying it to a Jetson Nano to perform real-time object detection.

27 Jul 2022 • 2 min read

Open Source at Roboflow

At Roboflow [https://roboflow.com/], we are on a mission to improve every industry by democratizing computer vision. Open source plays a big role in that by making the tooling accessible and reaching a wide audience. On Roboflow Universe [https://universe.roboflow.com/], a community of people are already sharing