Roboflow Universe

18 Jan 2023 • 4 min read

Recap: Roboflow's 12 Days of #Shipmas

Team Roboflow decided to end 2022 strong and kick off 2023 with a bang by shipping 12 new features in 12 days. Updates were made to model-assisted labeling, model training, annotation tools, the REST API, Python SDK, and more.

10 Jan 2023 • 3 min read

Launch: YOLOv8 Models on Roboflow Universe

Pre-trained YOLOv8 models are available for testing and deployment on Roboflow Universe. Test and Deploy YOLOv8 Object Detection models in the app through the Models page.

29 Dec 2022 • 6 min read

Launch: Use Universe Models for Label Assist and Training

In this guide, learn how to use public models on Roboflow Universe to assist you with labeling and to speed up the process of building an accurate model.

15 Nov 2022 • 5 min read

Top 6 Gaming Datasets for Computer Vision Projects

Today's article will show you the top 6 gaming datasets from Roboflow Universe to help provide inspiration for using video games or real world games with computer vision applications. Using computer vision with gaming can lead to entirely new experiences: * Gaming automation: using computer vision to automate actions

8 Nov 2022 • 5 min read

Top 7 Sports Datasets for Computer Vision Projects

Computer vision and image processing are used widely in sports to significantly influence athletes and team performance. Implementing computer vision techniques is a turning point in the transformation and development of the sports industry. Sports companies use data collected during games to train real-time machine learning and artificial intelligence models

28 Oct 2022 • 5 min read

Top 6 Agriculture Datasets for Computer Vision

Explore six agriculture datasets you can use in computer vision projects.

26 Oct 2022 • 4 min read

Launch: Semantic Segmentation for Labeling, Training, Deployment

Roboflow now supports semantic segmentation projects end-to-end allowing you to use Roboflow Annotate to label data, Roboflow Train to build models, and Roboflow Deploy for inference. This release, alongside support of instance segmentation, offers users an additional image segmentation project type to build computer vision pipelines with Roboflow. What is

13 Oct 2022 • 4 min read

Sharing Your Computer Vision Project on Roboflow Universe

In this guide, learn how to launch your computer vision project on Roboflow Universe.

8 Aug 2022 • 4 min read

How to Use Object Detection to Trigger Automated Email Alerts

Learn how to trigger automated email alerts when an object detection model identifies the location of an object.

29 Jun 2022 • 5 min read

Using Gaming Datasets for Game Automation with Computer Vision

As a child, I grew up playing Minecraft, a 3D block game where the only limit is your creativity. Players navigate their 3D block world, collect resources, 'craft' tools and resources, and build to their heart's content. Computer vision transcends industries, bringing intelligence to various fields.

28 Jun 2022 • 4 min read

Open source datasets and pre-trained models for computer vision

90,000 Datasets and 7,000 Pre-trained Models Available Roboflow Universe launched in August 2021 with 50 open source datasets and opened our computer vision infrastructure products for free with a Public plan. Universe now has 90,000+ datasets with 66+ million images available for building computer vision models and

5 May 2022 • 3 min read

Cinco de Mayo, Beer and Taco Dataset with Multi-Label Classification

Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of the holiday, we created and trained a multi-label classification dataset to detect some favorite edibles used to celebrate the holiday here in the United States. Because we know it’s not just about tacos and beer, we also want to briefly share a

20 Apr 2022 • 1 min read

Art Recognition with a Computer Vision Model

Learn how to use computer vision to classify art styles.

9 Feb 2022 • 6 min read

Identifying Chocolates With Computer Vision

Learn how to identify chocoaltes using computer vision technology.

3 Dec 2021 • 4 min read

Using Computer Vision to Play Dreidel

As a brand new employee at Roboflow, I was asked to do a computer vision project. So I thought, why not combine a holiday I love so much, Chanukah, with something brand new in my life, Roboflow.

24 Oct 2021 • 4 min read

AI Football Play Generator

Scott Bronkema is a former college football player turned software developer. As Scott started tinkering with computer vision, he discovered he can build every football coach's dream application: the automated playbook. Bronkema's product automatically identifies offensive and defensive player positions and formations and then tracks players&

16 Sep 2021 • 3 min read

We Raised a $20M Series A to Continue Democratizing Computer Vision

Today, Roboflow is excited to announce our $20 million Series A led by Craft Ventures to expand on our mission to give software the sense of sight. Lachy Groom, who co-led the seed with Craft, also participated in the round. Additionally, we welcomed new investment from leaders like Jack Altman,

25 Jan 2021 • 1 min read

Launch: Model Assisted Labeling

Use Roboflow Trained Models to Annotate Data One of the most time-consuming parts of the computer vision workflow is curating a high-quality dataset. When we launched Roboflow Annotate last month we aimed to streamline this process by launching an easy to use image annotation tool built right into your computer

8 Jan 2021 • 5 min read

How to Try CLIP: OpenAI's Zero-Shot Image Classifier

Earlier this week, OpenAI dropped a bomb on the computer vision world.