Roboflow Blog

30 Dec 2022 • 5 min read

HPU vs GPU - Benchmarking the Frontier of AI Hardware

When you are training machine learning models, it is essential to pick hardware that optimizes your models performance relative to cost. In training, the name of the game is speed per epoch – how fast can your hardware run the calculations it needs to train your model on your data.

29 Dec 2022 • 6 min read

Launch: Use Universe Models for Label Assist and Training

In this guide, learn how to use public models on Roboflow Universe to assist you with labeling and to speed up the process of building an accurate model.

29 Dec 2022 • 11 min read

How to Train YOLOv7 Instance Segmentation on a Custom Dataset

In this article, we're going to walk through how to detect concrete cracks using instance segmentation.

23 Dec 2022 • 5 min read

Intel Ice Lake vs Sapphire Rapids on AWS

This guide compares the Intel c6i Ice Lake and Sapphire Rapids AWS Instance against three other common AWS GPU instances.

22 Dec 2022 • 17 min read

Monitor Movement in Retail Stores with Computer Vision

In this article, we walk through how to monitor movement in areas of a retail store using computer vision

16 Dec 2022 • 4 min read

Launch: Collaborative Annotation Updates

Roboflow’s Collaborative Annotation [https://blog.roboflow.com/annotation-workflow/] and Label Only User [https://blog.roboflow.com/labeler-access/] features have helped over 100,000 users annotate more than 100 million images and today we are excited to share new updates that will help teams speed up their annotation and data

16 Dec 2022 • 6 min read

What is Semi-Supervised Learning? A Guide for Beginners.

In this post, we discuss what semi-supervised learning is and walk through the techniques used in semi-supervised learning.

15 Dec 2022 • 7 min read

Computer Vision Assisted Structural Damage Inspection Using Drones

In this post, Timothy Malche walks through how to inspect structural damage with computer vision and drones.

15 Dec 2022 • 2 min read

Launch: Roboflow Notebooks Repo Integration with SageMaker Studio Labs

Learn how to use notebooks in the Roboflow Notebooks repository with AWS SageMaker Studio Lab.

12 Dec 2022 • 3 min read

Launch: Roboflow Integration with Ultralytics HUB

Ultralytics, the creators of YOLOv5, and Roboflow now support an integration making it easier to import YOLOv5 models from HUB to Roboflow, export datasets to Ultralytics HUB from Roboflow, and use custom trained model weights for model-assisted data labeling in Roboflow. This integration builds on the established relationship of Roboflow

9 Dec 2022 • 4 min read

Track Football Players with Computer Vision

In this post, we use a YOLOv5 detection model and state-of-the-art tracker ByteTRACK to track football players.

7 Dec 2022 • 7 min read

Preventing Accidents on Construction Sites with Computer Vision

In this article, we discuss how a community member built a system to prevent accidents on construction sites.

1 Dec 2022 • 8 min read

Studying Links Between Litter and Socio-Economic Factors with Computer Vision

In this post, we talk about a report that studies links between litter and socio-economic factors with help from computer vision.

1 Dec 2022 • 3 min read

Roboflow Changelog: November 2022

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

30 Nov 2022 • 7 min read

What is a Segmentation Mask? An Introduction.

In this guide, you will learn how to create segmentation masks with the results of a computer vision model hosted on Roboflow.

29 Nov 2022 • 6 min read

Top 6 Environment Datasets for Computer Vision Projects

In this article, we highlight six open-source datasets you can use to solve various problems related to the environment with computer vision.

28 Nov 2022 • 5 min read

📸 Roboflow 100: A Multi-Domain Object Detection Benchmark

Roboflow 100 (RF100) is a crowdsourced object detection benchmark. The dataset consists of 100 datasets, 7 imagery domains, 224,714 images, and 829 class labels with over 11,170 labeling hours.

28 Nov 2022 • 13 min read

Turn Analog Dials into Digital Data with Computer Vision

In this article, we discuss how to turn information displayed on analog dials into digital data.

25 Nov 2022 • 8 min read

What is a Confusion Matrix? A Beginner's Guide.

In this guide, we discuss what a confusion matrix is and how to use them to evaluate the performance of a computer vision model.

23 Nov 2022 • 6 min read

5 Hobbyist Computer Vision Project Ideas

This article discusses five ideas of projects you could build to help you learn about computer vision.

23 Nov 2022 • 15 min read

Monitoring My Caffeine Intake with Computer Vision

In this post, learn how to build a tool that monitors how many cups of tea or coffee you drink in a day.

18 Nov 2022 • 5 min read

How to Use RPA to Supercharge Computer Vision Applications

Learning outcomes 💫 By the end of this blog post, you should be able to... * Understand what RPA is and how it is useful * Know how to integrate a Power Automate flow via webhook * Use a Power Automate flow to send an email report What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)? Robotic

18 Nov 2022 • 5 min read

Using Computer Vision to Save Sea Lions

What is causing the sea lion population to decrease? Is it illegal hunting? Is it shark and killer whale predation? Or maybe it’s overfishing, causing the sea lions to starve? Researchers want to determine the root cause. This article describes the use of computer vision to help the conservation

17 Nov 2022 • 4 min read

Use Docker to Deploy Computer Vision Models

💡Ready to deploy a vision model? Roboflow Inference, the server that powers millions of inferences on the Roboflow platform, is now available as an open source project. See the Quickstart to get started. When we talk about Deep Learning (DL), we often focus on new SOTA models and how they