Computer Vision

15 Jul 2026 • 15 min read

What Is Computer Vision? An Overview of Vision AI in 2026

Computer vision gives machines the ability to understand images and video, make decisions, and act in the physical world. Learn how vision AI works, its core tasks and models, where it runs, and how to build applications for manufacturing, logistics, retail, and more.

14 Jul 2026 • 13 min read

Open Vocabulary Segmentation

Learn how to build a zero-shot segmentation pipeline with SAM 3 and Roboflow Workflows.

14 Jul 2026 • 10 min read

Segment Anything with Text

Use Segment Anything with Text in Roboflow Workflows to segment workers, helmets, and safety vests without training a custom model.

14 Jul 2026 • 11 min read

Analyze Video Feeds for Process Monitoring with RF-DETR

Analyze video feeds for process monitoring with Roboflow: RF-DETR detects, ByteTrack tracks, and a line counter logs counts and speed.

13 Jul 2026 • 13 min read

Automate Surface Defects Detection with Vision AI

Learn how computer vision can detect surface defects. This guide explains common use cases and shows how to build a Roboflow surface inspection workflow that detects defects, visualizes results, and supports quality decisions.

10 Jul 2026 • 16 min read

Product Recognition AI

Product Recognition AI helps businesses identify, count, and verify products from images or video. This blog explains key use cases and shows how to build a Roboflow Product-to-Bill Verification System that detects products, reads receipts, and checks billing accuracy.

10 Jul 2026 • 11 min read

How to Detect Paint Defects with Computer Vision

Automate paint defect inspection in manufacturing. Learn how to train an RF-DETR model and build a visual QA pipeline using Roboflow Workflows.

10 Jul 2026 • 6 min read

Multi-Model Auto Labeling with Roboflow Workflows

Roboflow has brought the full power of Workflows into Auto Label, letting you run custom pipelines serverlessly on your unannotated images. This post walks through building a sample multi-VLM workflow from scratch, then shows how to launch it on an image batch in a few clicks.

9 Jul 2026 • 3 min read

OpenAI GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, and Luna) for Vision: Now in Roboflow Playground

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, and Luna) is now in the Roboflow Playground, so you can test all three tiers against your own visual data and compare them side by side with other frontier models.

9 Jul 2026 • 13 min read

Top 10 Open-Source Computer Vision Models in 2026

Explore the top 10 open-source computer vision models in 2026 and learn how to use them in the Roboflow.

8 Jul 2026 • 12 min read

What Is Pose Estimation?

Learn what pose estimation is, and how to use Roboflow for pose estimation. Detect drowning and swimming poses with RF-DETR Keypoint and Roboflow Workflows.

8 Jul 2026 • 8 min read

Dimensional Defect Inspection with Vision AI

Catch dimensional defects automatically: a Roboflow Workflow where Gemini detects features and a Python block measures spacing for pass/fail.

8 Jul 2026 • 4 min read

Making Visual AI Standard Practice in Complex Manufacturing

Learn how to implement visual AI in manufacturing from Florida Crystals' quality lead: trust tests, feedback loops, and pilots that scale.

7 Jul 2026 • 12 min read

Detect Anything Model

A detect anything model finds any object from a text prompt, no training or labels. Build one with SAM3 in Roboflow Workflows to search a scene.

7 Jul 2026 • 10 min read

Predictive Maintenance with Vision AI

Use RF-DETR to detect early bearing defects and Gemini 2.5 Pro to analyze defect severity, explain potential failure causes, and generate maintenance recommendations.

3 Jul 2026 • 2 min read

Claude Sonnet 5 for Vision: Evaluation and Benchmarks

We ran Claude Sonnet 5 through the Roboflow Vision Evals across 67 real vision prompts. It ties Sonnet 4.6, trails Fable 5, and sits well behind Gemini 3.5 Flash, which still leads the board.

3 Jul 2026 • 4 min read

Build a 3D Soccer Offside (VAR) System

Learn how to build a 3D soccer offside (VAR) system from any video clip.

2 Jul 2026 • 19 min read

Artificial Intelligence: How AI Works

Explore what artificial intelligence is, its history, and what are the main branches. Also learn how modern AI works and how can you build an AI application.

2 Jul 2026 • 5 min read

Turning Computer Vision Into Real‑World Value at Enterprise Scale

Learn why computer vision pilots fail in the real world. Roboflow CEO Joseph Nelson shares a three-step playbook for deploying vision AI in production.

2 Jul 2026 • 5 min read

Natural Language Image Annotation

Automatically annotate images from text prompts: SAM 3 masks in Roboflow or Autodistill in Python, then train RF-DETR.

1 Jul 2026 • 7 min read

Manufacturing Vision Systems

Manufacturing vision systems explained: the five components, smart camera vs PC-based, rule-based vs AI, and how to choose one for your line.

1 Jul 2026 • 12 min read

Fastest Object Detection Models in 2026

Compare the fastest object detection models. Learn how to test models in Roboflow Workflows and use local Inference profiling to choose the best model for your data.

1 Jul 2026 • 15 min read

Defect Inspection

Automate manufacturing defect inspection with computer vision. Learn how to train an RF-DETR model and build a pass/fail QA workflow using Roboflow and Gemini.

1 Jul 2026 • 11 min read

What Is A Two-Stage Detector?

Learn what a two-stage detector is, how it works, and how it compares with one-stage models like YOLO. This guide explains the architecture, common examples such as Faster R-CNN and Mask R-CNN, and shows how to train Faster R-CNN using a Roboflow dataset in Colab.