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14 Sep 2023 • 5 min read

Using Computer Vision to Clean Up San Francisco Streets

SUMMARY Rubbish, an environmental data company, used Roboflow to build LitterBug, a real-time computer vision tool that detects, maps, and highlights litter hotspots in urban areas, piloted in San Francisco's SOMA West neighborhood. The project took second place overall at the Cerebral Valley AI in Climate Tech

8 Sep 2023 • 6 min read

Roboflow Inference: Effortless Local Computer Vision Deployment with Python

In this guide, we show how to use the Roboflow Inference pip package to run computer vision inference on device.

8 Sep 2023 • 6 min read

Making a Traffic Sign Snap Lens with Roboflow and Lens Studio

In this guide, we show how to make a Snap Lens that detects traffic signs and crosswalks using Roboflow and Snap Lens Studio.

8 Sep 2023 • 7 min read

How to Monitor a Video with Computer Vision

In this guide, we show how to monitor a video for the presence and absence of objects across frames and time in a video.

8 Sep 2023 • 7 min read

Pool Table Analytics Using Object Detection

In this guide, Abirami Vina shows how to build a pool table analytics system with object detection.

6 Sep 2023 • 8 min read

How to Use Kaggle for Computer Vision

In this guide, we show how to use Kaggle Notebooks for computer vision tasks.

31 Aug 2023 • 5 min read

How to Run Inference with UDP on Roboflow Inference

In this guide, we show how to run inference using computer vision models over a UDP connection.

31 Aug 2023 • 4 min read

How to Use SAHI to Detect Small Objects

In this guide, we show how to use the SAHI implementation in the supervision Python package to detect small objects in images.

31 Aug 2023 • 8 min read

Label Data, Train, and Deploy a Vision Model in One Command

In this guide, we show how to use the Autodistill command line interface to label data for, train, and deploy a computer vision model.

29 Aug 2023 • 9 min read

Use Cases for Computer Vision Foundation Models

In this guide, we discuss what foundation models are and explore four use cases for computer vision foundation models.

28 Aug 2023 • 7 min read

What is Mask2Former? The Ultimate Guide.

In this guide, we discuss what Mask2Former is, how the model works, and how Mask2Former performs on various computer vision tasks.

28 Aug 2023 • 7 min read

Automated Labeling for Images Organized in Folders

In this guide, we show how to use a nested folder-based structure to automatically label images with Autodistill.

25 Aug 2023 • 9 min read

How to Use Node-RED with Roboflow

In this guide, we show how to run inference on computer vision models with Roboflow and Node-RED.

24 Aug 2023 • 4 min read

Launch: Vector Analysis in Roboflow

In this guide, learn how to use the Roboflow vector analysis tool to evaluate models and find opportunities to improve model performance.

23 Aug 2023 • 7 min read

Using Computer Vision for Online Exam Proctoring

SUMMARY This tutorial builds an online exam proctoring system that uses a webcam and Roboflow Inference to detect when a student picks up a phone during a remote assessment. A pre-trained phone detection model from Roboflow Universe is deployed via the Inference API, and the live webcam feed is

23 Aug 2023 • 2 min read

Launch: QR Code Model Deployment

SUMMARY Roboflow's QR code deployment feature gives every trained model a scannable code in the Deploy section that opens it directly in a mobile browser camera, with no API integration or custom app required. This makes it practical to hand a model to a line worker, retail associate,

23 Aug 2023 • 7 min read

What is Data Augmentation? The Ultimate Guide.

In this guide, we talk about what data augmentation is, how augmented data can boost model performance, and how augmentations are used in computer vision.

23 Aug 2023 • 5 min read

Launch: Filter Image Datasets by Tag

In this guide, we show how to filter image datasets by tag to generate new, refined sets on which you can train a computer vision model.

22 Aug 2023 • 6 min read

How to Use Computer Vision to Monitor Inventory: Inventory Management AI

SUMMARY This tutorial builds an inventory monitoring pipeline that extracts video frames at defined time intervals, runs each frame through Roboflow Inference Server against a model trained on packaged shelf items, and outputs structured CSV files (per-object detections, counts per interval, counts by class) along with bar charts showing

17 Aug 2023 • 3 min read

Deploying OpenAI's CLIP Model on a NVIDIA Jetson Orin

In this guide, we show how to deploy OpenAI's CLIP model to an NVIDIA Jetson using the Roboflow Inference Server.

16 Aug 2023 • 7 min read

Floor Plan Analysis with Computer Vision

Learn how to analyze floor plans with computer vision.

16 Aug 2023 • 5 min read

Open Source Computer Vision Deployment with Roboflow Inference

We are open sourcing the Roboflow Inference Server: our battle-hardened solution for using and deploying computer vision models in production. Learn more in this guide.

15 Aug 2023 • 6 min read

Ultimate Guide to Converting Bounding Boxes, Masks and Polygons

In this guide, we show how to convert bounding boxes (xyxy), masks, and polygons.

11 Aug 2023 • 8 min read

How We Work Together at Roboflow

Roboflow is pioneering distributed work as a way of working together remotely. In this post, we discuss what distributed work is and how it helps our team collaborate.