Roboflow Blog

21 May 2025 • 6 min read

How to Measure Object Size with Computer Vision

There's more than one way to crack a nut! Or in this case, to measure one. I used the measuring block in a Workflow recently and made some interesting discoveries, as well as had some fun taking it a step further.

16 May 2025 • 20 min read

Object Detection Metrics

Understand what key object detection metrics are. Learn why they're used and how to use them.

9 May 2025 • 9 min read

Using Computer Vision to Develop a Robotic Arm Poker Dealer

Learn how the vision system of an acting poker dealer arm was built by the University of Manchester Robotics Society.

7 May 2025 • 13 min read

Part Inspection Using Computer Vision

Understand what parts inspection is, and how computer vision can be used in part inspection. Learn how to build part inspection computer vision applications using Roboflow.

7 May 2025 • 6 min read

The Ultimate Guide to TensorFlow for Computer Vision

Developed by Google, TensorFlow enables practitioners across industries to build, train, and deploy deep learning models across diverse environments and use cases.

1 May 2025 • 4 min read

What Is AutoML?

SUMMARY AutoML (Automated Machine Learning) removes the need to manually select algorithms, tune hyperparameters, and engineer features by automating the full model-building pipeline from preprocessing through deployment. For computer vision specifically, platforms like Roboflow Train provide one-click cloud training that handles architecture selection and optimization, making it practical

25 Apr 2025 • 16 min read

Making Sure Dog Owners Keep Streets Clean with AI

I used Roboflow to solve a public health problem. That's right, I'm referring to dog owners that don't pick up after their dogs do their business.

24 Apr 2025 • 14 min read

Image Processing with OpenCV

This OpenCV tutorial will help you learn image-processing techniques from basic to advanced.

22 Apr 2025 • 14 min read

Machine Vision in Manufacturing

Understand the role of Machine Vision in Manufacturing and learn how to build Machine Vision applications using Roboflow.

17 Apr 2025 • 17 min read

Comprehensive Guide to Vision Transformers

Vision Transformers (ViTs) represent a groundbreaking shift in computer vision, leveraging the self-attention mechanisms that revolutionized natural language processing.

17 Apr 2025 • 4 min read

How Computer Vision Supports Operators in Modern Manufacturing

Learn how you can use computer vision as an operator to reduce manual inspection load, improve product quality, and more.

17 Apr 2025 • 6 min read

OpenAI o3 and o4-mini: Multimodal and Vision Analysis

Read our analysis of how OpenAI's O3 and O4-Mini models perform on a range of vision tasks.

15 Apr 2025 • 6 min read

OpenAI GPT-4.1: Multimodal and Vision Analysis

Read our analysis of OpenAI's GPT-4.1 model on multimodal tasks like VQA, object detection, and more.

10 Apr 2025 • 6 min read

How to Monitor Red Zones with Computer Vision

Learn how to monitor red zones for safety compliance using computer vision.

4 Apr 2025 • 11 min read

Computer Vision Augmentations: An Introduction

Learn about the most common augmentations used in computer vision and when each may be useful.

1 Apr 2025 • 14 min read

What Is AUC-ROC?

Understand what AUC ROC is and learn how to use it for computer vision models.

28 Mar 2025 • 8 min read

What Is Document Processing AI? The Ultimate Guide

Understand what is Document AI and learn how to use Roboflow Workflows to perform Document AI related tasks.

28 Mar 2025 • 7 min read

Launch: Train and Deploy RF-DETR Models with Roboflow

Learn how to train RF-DETR models with Roboflow Train and deploy RF-DETR models with Roboflow Workflows and Inference.

28 Mar 2025 • 5 min read

How to Set Up a Basler on a Mac

Learn how to set up a Basler Camera for use with a Mac, ideal for testing.

20 Mar 2025 • 9 min read

What Is Industry 4.0? Smart Factories and The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Imagine a factory floor where machines think, see, and communicate. What you’re picturing is Industry 4.0 - and it’s arrived.

20 Mar 2025 • 11 min read

How to Train RF-DETR on a Custom Dataset

Learn how to train an RF-DETR model on a custom dataset.

20 Mar 2025 • 8 min read

RF-DETR: A SOTA Real-Time Object Detection Model By Roboflow

Today we are releasing RF-DETR, a state-of-the-art real-time object detection model. Learn more about how RF-DETR works and how to use the model.

14 Mar 2025 • 4 min read

How I Taught My Dad Computer Vision with Roboflow in Under 30 Minutes!

Discover how I helped my dad build a custom computer vision model in under 30 minutes using Roboflow’s no-code AI tools.

14 Mar 2025 • 8 min read

How Deep Learning Solves Machine Vision’s Biggest Frustrations

Learn how deep learning can be used to solve difficult vision problems at which traditional techniques struggle.