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The Vision AI Maturity Model: A Framework for Taking Pilots to Production Scale
Discover a five-level model showing how vision AI evolves from isolated pilots into a reusable system across sites.
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Steel Strip Defect Inspection
Train an RF-DETR model on steel strip defects and build a Workflow that sorts every inspection into pass, review, or fail.
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Roboflow and Standard Bots Partner to Bring Custom Visual Intelligence to Every Robot
Roboflow and Standard Bots are announcing a partnership to enable robots to see, understand, and act with visual intelligence.
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Planogram Compliance Detection with Roboflow
Use Roboflow Workflows to automatically detect empty shelf zones and flag brand mixing violations using object detection and visual reasoning.
• 8 min read
Building an AI-Powered Robotic Welding Defect Detection System
Use RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro to identify welding defects and generate automated quality inspection reports.
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Workflow Caching in Self-Hosted Roboflow Inference
Learn how self-hosted inference caching works in Roboflow Workflows and how to force a deployment refresh.
• 9 min read
Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom Models for Industrial Computer Vision
SUMMARY
Use off-the-shelf models for rapid prototyping or when your task relies on detecting common, everyday objects that pre-trained models already recognize. However, to achieve the reliability required for specialized industrial production, you must deploy a custom, fine-tuned model trained specifically on your own domain'
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Real-Time Keypoint Detection with RF-DETR
Discover RF-DETR Keypoint, a real-time, end-to-end detection model. Outperforming YOLO26-pose, it offers self-calibrating loss & Apache 2.0 license.
• 8 min read
Surface Defect Detection on Machined Metal Medical Parts
Use RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro to detect surface defects on machined medical components and generate automated inspection observations.
• 8 min read
IV Bag Fill-Level and Leak Detection
Build an automated IV bag fill-level and leak detection system using RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
• 4 min read
Reduce Class Flickering: Introducing Track Class Lock
SUMMARY
Track Class Lock is a new Roboflow Workflow block that stops object detection labels from flickering on video (the bottle that reads "remote" for a frame, then "bottle" again) by watching each tracked object and freezing its class once the detector has voted for it
• 9 min read
Automated Tire Sidewall OCR
Automate tire sidewall OCR to extract DOT codes, sizes, and brands. Learn to combine RF-DETR and multimodal LLMs into a Roboflow Vision Agent.
• 9 min read
Contact Lens Defect Inspection
Train a Roboflow object detection model, detect defects on each contact lens, and sort results into pass, review, and fail with a Custom Python Block.
• 9 min read
Medical Device Assembly Verification
Build a Roboflow Workflow that checks medical device images against a component list with Google Gemini.
• 8 min read
How to Add an LLM to a Vision Pipeline (And When to Avoid It)
Discover when to add an LLM to your computer vision pipeline. Learn how to combine object detection and visual reasoning in Roboflow Workflows.
• 8 min read
OCR Lot Code and Expiry Date Verification for Medical Packaging
Train a Roboflow localization model, isolate printed label fields, and verify batch numbers and expiry dates with Google Gemini.
• 2 min read
Launch: Use YOLO26 Semantic Segmentation with Roboflow
We are excited to announce support for YOLO26 semantic segmentation in Roboflow.
• 8 min read
Automate Medical Device Packaging Inspection and UDI Label Verification
Use RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro to inspect medical device packaging, verify UDI labels, and identify packaging issues.
• 2 min read
Claude Fable 5 for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks
Claude Fable 5 is a strong reasoning model for visual understand but not a state-of-the-art vision model.
• 12 min read
Give My Agent Eyes
Combine RF-DETR and LMMs to build an AI pipeline that perceives, reasons, and acts.
• 5 min read
What Goes in a Vision AI Solution Catalog
Scale your enterprise computer vision with a Standard Solution Catalog. Learn the six artifacts needed to move from isolated pilots to global deployments.
• 4 min read
What Is YOLO27?
YOLO27 brings 3D perception to YOLO with YOLO-Depth and YOLO-StereoDepth.
• 7 min read
Turn Vision AI Detections Into Alerts: PLC, MES, Slack
Learn how to detect defects with Roboflow and trigger real-time downstream alerts in manufacturing facilities.
• 12 min read
YOLO vs. VLMs: When to Use Each
YOLO and VLMs are not competing technologies. YOLO is good for speed, edge deployment, and fixed-class precision. VLMs good on reasoning, flexibility, and open-vocabulary tasks. Learn which one fits your use case and how to use it in Roboflow Workflows.
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