Roboflow Blog

30 Sep 2025 • 10 min read

How to Use GitHub Copilot to Build Vision Apps

Building computer vision apps doesn’t have to mean wrestling with boilerplate code and complex integrations. Learn how GitHub Copilot and Roboflow work together to speed up development - helping you prototype, integrate APIs, and deploy vision apps quickly.

25 Sep 2025 • 17 min read

What Are Vision Inspection Systems?

Understand what is vision inspection system (VIS), its types and applications. Learn how to build PCB defect inspection system using Roboflow.

22 Sep 2025 • 10 min read

Key Computer Vision Tasks

Computer vision tasks such as object detection, image classification, and segmentation are the building blocks of modern AI applications. Learn how to perform them in minutes with Roboflow Workflows.

22 Sep 2025 • 7 min read

Lovable Object Detection: Building Vision Apps with Roboflow

Learn how to how to pair Roboflow with Lovable to create a working object detection app in hours.

22 Sep 2025 • 9 min read

What Is Vertex AI?

Vertex AI is Google Cloud’s unified platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models at scale. In this blog, we explore how it simplifies computer vision workflows and how to use Roboflow with Vertex AI for dataset preparation, annotation, and model deployment.

19 Sep 2025 • 4 min read

Searching for Jetskis, Finding Roboflow

My story of building a vision model to detect jetskis and, in the process, finding Roboflow.

17 Sep 2025 • 3 min read

Roboflow Templates: 100+ Computer Vision Starter Apps

Today we are announcing a new tool to build the foundation of computer vision applications faster than ever: Roboflow Templates.

16 Sep 2025 • 14 min read

How to Build a Vision-Language Model Application with Next.js

Vision-Language Models unlock powerful new ways to understand and process images alongside text. In this tutorial, we show how to combine Roboflow Workflows with Next.js to build a production-ready vision app.

16 Sep 2025 • 7 min read

Replit Object Detection: Create Vision Apps with Roboflow

Learn how to build vision apps in hours with Replit and Roboflow - train models, deploy instantly, and count objects.

16 Sep 2025 • 20 min read

Crack Detection with Computer Vision

Learn computer vision techniques for crack detection and use cases. We will walk through creating a real-time crack detection application and measurement of crack size (length and width).

16 Sep 2025 • 11 min read

Spotlight on Upcoming AI & Computer Vision Events and Conferences in 2026

2026 will be a landmark year for AI and computer vision. This guide highlights the top conferences - from NeurIPS to CVPR - where you can discover breakthroughs, connect with industry leaders, and shape the future of AI.

16 Sep 2025 • 6 min read

Real-Time Drinking Detection: Building Hydrovisor

Learn how to use Roboflow Inference.js and MediaPipe to build Hydrovisor - a real-time web app that detects drinking behavior through your webcam and reminds you to stay hydrated. A practical guide to computer vision in action.

10 Sep 2025 • 22 min read

Corrosion Detection with Computer Vision

In this blog, you’ll learn how to build a corrosion detection app with Roboflow and NiceGUI, using computer vision techniques like classification, detection, and segmentation. This approach helps automate inspections and protect critical assets.

8 Sep 2025 • 13 min read

Prompting Tips for Large Language Models with Vision Capabilities

Large multimodal models like Google Gemini and GPT-4o can now analyze both text and images, unlocking powerful computer vision capabilities. This guide shows you how to craft effective prompts and how to quickly build real-world vision applications.

8 Sep 2025 • 7 min read

Create Vision Applications with Roboflow Using Vercel v0

By combining large language models with Roboflow’s API and Vercel v0, you can easily build vision apps. This tutorial shows you how to find pre-trained models on Roboflow Universe, adjust inference settings, and deploy a working application directly to the web.

8 Sep 2025 • 15 min read

What Is Machine Learning?

Machine learning is the discipline of teaching software to learn patterns from data and make predictions that drive business outcomes. In this guide, we break down the key model families.

3 Sep 2025 • 10 min read

Build a PyTorch Custom Dataset

Custom PyTorch datasets give you full control over how data is loaded, transformed, and fed into your model. In this guide, you’ll learn how to build a PyTorch custom dataset step by step.

31 Aug 2025 • 14 min read

What Is NVIDIA CUDA? The GPU Language Powering Modern Computer Vision

CUDA is the engine behind modern computer vision. Learn what it is, how it works, and why nearly every AI breakthrough relies on it.

29 Aug 2025 • 14 min read

Top Visual Inspection Systems

Discover leading visual inspection systems including Roboflow, Zebra, Cognex, Keyence, Basler, and Rockwell, and their key features.

28 Aug 2025 • 15 min read

Automate Marathon Bib Number Recognition with Computer Vision

Timing and photography are the heartbeat of marathon events, but manually spotting bib numbers across hours of video is slow, error-prone, and costly. Learn how to automate bib recognition, accurately recording finish-line times and capturing the exact moment each runner crosses.

28 Aug 2025 • 7 min read

How to Build a Custom Object Detection Pipeline

Building a custom object detection pipeline lets you move beyond generic models and tailor vision AI to your specific needs. In this guide, we show how to create a complete pipeline with Roboflow, covering dataset creation, training, evaluation, and deployment.

28 Aug 2025 • 14 min read

Build Flutter Applications Using Computer Vision with Roboflow

Discover how to combine Flutter’s elegant cross-platform UI framework with Roboflow’s powerful computer vision platform to build AI-driven applications. Learn how to create a Flutter app that detects and counts Canadian coins.

26 Aug 2025 • 11 min read

Build Computer Vision Applications with LLMs and Roboflow

Large language models and Roboflow make it possible to build computer vision apps in hours. This guide shows how to use LLM coding assistants with Roboflow’s API and Universe models to create and deploy vision AI apps.

26 Aug 2025 • 9 min read

How to Fine-Tune Qwen2.5-VL with a Custom Dataset

Learn how to fine-tune Qwen2.5-VL for document processing using a custom dataset.