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Text Prompt Object Detection with Roboflow
Text prompt object detection with SAM3: type your classes in a Roboflow Workflow and get boxes, masks, and confidence, no dataset or training.
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Building a Drone-Based Security System with Computer Vision
Learn how to build an automated drone security system. Use Roboflow inference, supervision, and PTZ cameras to detect intrusions and dispatch drones.
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Human-in-the-Loop Computer Vision: Closing the Gap Between the Model and the Floor
See how human-in-the-loop computer vision closes the gap between model metrics and the floor. Watch operators improve the next model live.
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Transmission Line Inspection AI
Detect foreign objects and damaged cables on transmission lines using RF-DETR and Roboflow Workflows.
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Tarmac Safety AI
Build an automated airport FOD detection workflow using RF-DETR, Roboflow Workflows, and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
• 11 min read
How to Build a Promptable Object Detection Project
Promptable object detection with SAM 3: detect and count objects from a text prompt, no training, then graduate to an RF-DETR model to scale.
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Video Analytics with Vision AI
Automate conveyor box inspection with video analytics. Learn how to combine RF-DETR, ByteTrack, and Gemini 2.5 Pro in Roboflow to track and detect defects.
• 9 min read
Automated Tablet Defect Inspection
Train a pill detection model, crop each tablet, classify defects with a VLM, and sort every inspection into pass or fail.
• 7 min read
Injection Molding Defect Detection for Medical Components
Use RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro to detect defects on molded components and generate automated inspection observations.
• 8 min read
Outsourced Data Labeling in Roboflow
Roboflow offers outsourced labeling via approved partners. Receive the custom annotations you need to train high-quality models.
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How to Detect Metal Defects with Computer Vision
Learn how to detect metal defects using computer vision.
• 23 min read
Optical Character Recognition (OCR): How It Works
hat optical character recognition is, how OCR works in 5 steps, Tesseract vs EasyOCR vs PaddleOCR vs VLMs, and how to build an OCR pipeline in Roboflow.
• 6 min read
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.
• 9 min read
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 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.
• 16 min read
YOLO Training Guide: How to Train a YOLO Model
In this guide you will learn how to train a YOLO model with Roboflow using a labeled dataset, pretrained checkpoints, hosted GPUs, and well managed infrastructure, and as well as how to use the YOLO CLI.
• 10 min read
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.
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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.
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Physical AI: How AI Systems Interact with the Physical World
Physical AI perceives, reasons, and acts across robots, vehicles, and factories. See why perception, not reasoning, decides what ships.
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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.
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