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Build AI Agents for Visual Inspection in Manufacturing
Build a carton inspection agent in Roboflow Workflows with RF-DETR, Gemini, MQTT alerts, and webhook submissions containing JSON and image evidence.
• 15 min read
Air-Gapped Computer Vision Deployment: How to Run Offline
Deploy computer vision with no internet: run RF-DETR and Workflows on-prem with Roboflow Inference, update models by hand, and keep data inside the gap.
• 14 min read
Edge AI Inference for Manufacturing
A reject decision must happen in milliseconds, cameras generate data continuously, and the line still runs when the WAN does not. This guide covers edge vision deployment for manufacturing, from hardware and model optimization to PLC integration and IT/OT controls.
• 7 min read
Robotics Perception Stacks: How Robots Understand Their Environment
Learn how robotics perception stacks combine cameras, sensors, computer vision models, tracking, and sensor fusion to help robots understand and interact with their environment.
• 12 min read
How to Measure Volume with Computer Vision
Learn how to measure box volume with computer vision using Roboflow Workflows. This tutorial uses SAM 3 segmentation, a 5 × 5 cm calibration marker, Mask Area Measurement, and Custom Python to convert pixels into physical dimensions and calculate external and internal box volume.
• 9 min read
Ceramic Defect Detection with Computer Vision
Learn how to use computer vision to detect defects in ceramic material.
• 7 min read
GS1 Sunrise 2027: How to Verify 2D Barcodes on the Production Line
Learn what GS1 Sunrise 2027 requires and how computer vision can verify 2D barcode quality, label placement, mixed barcode reading, product data, and downstream scanning with Roboflow.
• 15 min read
On-Premise Computer Vision: Run Vision AI on Your Own Servers
On-premise computer vision lets you run vision AI on your own servers, edge devices, or factory hardware. Learn how local inference works, which deployment fits, what hardware you need, how to set up Roboflow Inference, and how to manage models securely at scale.
• 10 min read
How to Verify Torque Marks with Computer Vision
Learn how to verify torque marks with computer vision using RF-DETR and a Vision-Language Model.
• 10 min read
What Is An Inference Server?
Run an inference server yourself for low latency, on-prem data, or offline use; use a hosted API otherwise. Start one locally with Docker.
• 12 min read
Best Edge Devices for Computer Vision
Explore the best edge devices for computer vision, from NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi to industrial PCs and Roboflow AI1. Learn how FPS, model size, camera count, and GPU acceleration affect performance, and how Roboflow Inference helps deploy vision models efficiently at the edge.
• 8 min read
Moving from Manual Inspection to Machine Vision: A Regulatory Field Guide for Medical Device Quality Teams
Automated visual inspection validation under QMSR: an inspection method change is a letter to file, not a 510(k). Here is the evidence package.
• 11 min read
How to Measure Object Orientation and Angle with Computer Vision
Learn to measure tilt and lean with PCA on segmentation masks, then build an alerting Workflow in Roboflow.
• 8 min read
Build a Defect Detection System
In this guide, we show how to build a defect detection and visual inspection system with computer vision using Roboflow.
• 11 min read
Wood Defect Detection with Computer Vision
In this guide, learn how to use a wood surface inspection system to identify defects on wood.
• 7 min read
Bottle Cap Inspection with Computer Vision
Learn how to use computer vision to verify the integrity of bottle caps on an assembly line.
• 8 min read
Glass Inspection with Computer Vision
Learn how to build a system to inspect glass with computer vision.
• 8 min read
AOI vs. AI Visual Inspection: Key Differences and Use Cases
Compare traditional AOI and AI-powered inspection for modern manufacturing quality control.
• 18 min read
Human-Object Interaction Detection with RF-DETR
Build human-object interaction detection without interaction labels: RF-DETR finds people and forklifts, Gemini classifies safe vs unsafe, in Roboflow.
• 14 min read
Computer Vision PLC Integration: Turn Detections into Machine Actions
Computer vision PLC integration turns detections into real machine actions. Learn how cameras, RF-DETR, Roboflow Workflows, edge inference, and protocols such as OPC UA, Modbus TCP, and EtherNet/IP connect vision systems to PLCs for reject, stop, alert, and quality-control tasks.
• 23 min read
Shop Floor Data Collection: How to Automate It with Computer Vision
Shop floor data is usually typed into forms after the fact. Cameras already see every unit, defect, and stoppage. Learn how to turn those observations into timestamped production events with RF-DETR, Roboflow Workflows, and Vision Events, including a working cycle-time example.
• 9 min read
What Is a Unified Namespace? Where Vision AI Fits in the UNS
A unified namespace gives every plant system one data model. Roboflow Workflows publish camera detections as MQTT events any MES can read.
• 22 min read
Production Line Monitoring With Camera AI
Build production line monitoring with camera AI: train RF-DETR to detect defects, count bottles, and trigger alerts with Roboflow Workflows.
• 8 min read
Hog Ring Detection with Computer Vision
Detect visible hog rings with RF-DETR, compare their positions with predefined attachment zones, and use Gemini 2.5 Pro to generate an automotive seat inspection summary.
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