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RF-DETR: A SOTA Real-Time Object Detection Model By Roboflow
We have released 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.
• 10 min read
YOLO for Anomaly Detection
Learn how to build a YOLO based supervised anomaly detection system with Roboflow. This tutorial shows how to collect normal and defective alloy wheel images, label defects with bounding boxes, train a YOLO11 model, and deploy it to detect scratches, and paint damage.
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How To Annotate Images with Your Team Using Roboflow
Annotate datasets faster with your team. Invite labelers, assign jobs, speed up labeling with AI tools like SAM 3, and review every image before it enters your dataset.
• 12 min read
How to Deploy Computer Vision Models Offline
In this guide, we walk through how to deploy computer vision models offline using Roboflow Inference.
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Roboflow Advances Defect Detection Pipeline for Manufacturers with Synthetic Data Powered by NVIDIA Physical AI
SUMMARY
Roboflow and NVIDIA have integrated synthetic data generation into the Roboflow platform for manufacturing defect detection, combining the NVIDIA Defect Image Generation skill, the Cosmos world foundation model, and NVIDIA Isaac Sim to generate photorealistic, physics-consistent defect images from a small set of real examples. In a benchmark
• 5 min read
What Is YOLO-StereoDepth?
YOLO-StereoDepth brings stereo depth for robotics to the YOLO family in September 2026. See what we know and how to read metric depth today.
• 6 min read
What Is YOLO26-Depth? Monocular Depth Estimation
YOLO26 Depth brings metric monocular depth estimation to YOLO.
• 10 min read
Process RTSP Streams for Real-Time Video Analytics
Ingest RTSP streams, handle frame buffering, and run wildfire smoke detection on the Roboflow Inference Docker container.
• 7 min read
Chaining Models: Combining Detection, OCR, and an LLM in a Single Workflow
Learn how to build a multi-stage computer vision pipeline. Chain RF-DETR object detection, OpenAI OCR and LLMs in Roboflow to process documents.
• 14 min read
YOLO Distillation
Learn how to use large VLMs or foundation models to label images, review annotations in Roboflow, and train a smaller YOLO model. This tutorial covers YOLO distillation with Autodistill and Roboflow Workflows.
• 4 min read
What Is YOLO-Anomaly?
YOLO-Anomaly brings purpose-built anomaly detection for manufacturing QA. See what to expect.
• 7 min read
The Best Free Computer Vision Models
The best free computer vision models, compared by task, speed, and license.
• 8 min read
YOLO Re-ID
Object detection with YOLO can find objects in each video frame quickly. But detection alone does not remember anything. Re-ID and object tracking solve this. Learn how they work and how to build a tracking pipeline in Roboflow Workflows without writing custom code.
• 15 min read
How to Transition from Ultralytics HUB to Ultralytics Platform: Ultralytics Dataset Export
Ultralytics HUB is shutting down, and this guide shows how to migrate datasets and trained YOLO models to Roboflow or Ultralytics Platform. Learn how to export HUB assets, convert datasets, upload annotations and weights, retrain models, build Workflows, and deploy to edge or offline environments.
• 15 min read
Gemini Computer Vision
Google's Gemini models bring computer vision capabilities and enables understanding images and video without fine-tuning. In this guide you will learn how to use latest Gemini models in Roboflow Playground and Workflows for computer vision tasks.
• 19 min read
OpenAI Computer Vision
OpenAI models can classify images, extract text, detect objects, and answer visual questions without any training data. This guide covers the latest OpenAI models with vision capabilities, how to test them in Roboflow Playground, and how to build vision pipelines using Roboflow.
• 8 min read
Real-Time Object Detection in the Browser
Build ultra-low latency, real-time object detection in the browser. Learn how to stream webcam video to serverless GPUs using WebRTC and Roboflow.
• 4 min read
What Is YOLO-VLM?
YOLO-VLM pairs a lightweight YOLO front-end with a deeper LLM layer for efficient vision-language pipelines.
• 9 min read
Diabetes Device Inspection
Learn how to automate visual quality checks across glucometers, insulin pens, CGMs, and more using Roboflow Workflows and Gemini.
• 7 min read
What Is A Label Map?
In this post, we will demystify the label map by discussing the role that it plays in the computer vision annotation process. Then we will get hands on with some real life examples using a label map.
• 6 min read
Gemini 3.5 Flash for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks
SUMMARY
Gemini 3.5 Flash, released at Google I/O on May 19, 2026, currently tops the Roboflow Vision Evals leaderboard across 67 real vision prompts covering defect detection, document understanding, object counting, and spatial reasoning. It outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on counting and spatial tasks while running roughly
• 5 min read
Integrate Roboflow with OPC UA
SUMMARY
The Roboflow OPC UA Writer Sink block (available on Enterprise plans) lets a Roboflow Workflow push detection results directly to an OPC UA server as live tags, making computer vision outputs visible in SCADA platforms, PLCs, and dashboards alongside other plant sensor data. This guide walks through starting the
• 4 min read
Roboflow MCP: Build Vision Apps with Claude, Codex, and More
The new Roboflow MCP Server connects Claude, Codex, and other AI agents to Roboflow so they can label visual data, train custom models, and build deployable vision pipelines.
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Launch: 300+ OpenRouter models available in Roboflow
SUMMARY
Roboflow's OpenRouter integration adds a single Workflow block that routes to any of 300+ VLMs, including every major commercial model and a broad selection of open-source options, without requiring separate auth, request adapters, or retry logic for each provider. Practical patterns this enables inside Roboflow Workflows
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