Building a Physical AI that Plays Connect 4
Roboflow published a tutorial by Aarnav Shah detailing a DIY Connect 4 robot that uses a HiWonder MaxArm, RF-DETR object detection, a negamax engine, and Gemini 3.6 Flash with ElevenLabs to play and t…
Roboflow published a tutorial by Aarnav Shah detailing a DIY Connect 4 robot that uses a HiWonder MaxArm, RF-DETR object detection, a negamax engine, and Gemini 3.6 Flash with ElevenLabs to play and t…
Roboflow published a tutorial for building a local AI basketball shot evaluator that logs makes, misses, release velocity, shot arc, and form using an RF-DETR object detection model and an RF-DETR key…
Roboflow published a guide on building an AI defect detection system using computer vision, demonstrating the process with ceramic tile defect data from Roboflow Universe. The system can automatically…
Roboflow published a tutorial on building dwell time and zone analytics with vision AI, using RF-DETR for person detection, ByteTrack for persistent tracking, and a zone timer to measure per-person dw…
Roboflow published a tutorial on automating powder-coat defect detection using its RF-DETR vision model, which achieved 74.0% mAP@50 on a dataset of 2,775 images, and Gemini 2.5 Pro to generate inspec…
Roboflow has published a guide for building a machine-vision workflow that uses a custom-trained RF-DETR model to assess surface defect severity on leather, automatically classifying each detection as…
Roboflow released a computer vision workflow that automates hog ring inspection in automotive seat assembly, using RF-DETR to detect and count rings, a custom Python block to compare counts, and Gemin…
Roboflow released a tutorial on automating flange quality inspection using computer vision, training an RF-DETR model on a labeled flange defect dataset to detect cracks, scratches, dents, and pinhole…
Roboflow released a tutorial demonstrating how to build a real-time process monitoring pipeline using RF-DETR for object detection, ByteTrack for tracking, and custom counting logic within Roboflow Wo…
Roboflow released a transmission line inspection AI that uses an RF-DETR model to detect foreign objects and damaged cables from drone or fixed-camera feeds, achieving 96.3% precision and 93.1% recall…
Roboflow released a tutorial on building an automated foreign object debris (FOD) detection system for airport runways using its RF-DETR model and Gemini 2.5 Pro. The system identifies debris and pave…
Roboflow released a tutorial on building an injection molding defect detection system for medical components using its RF-DETR model and Gemini 2.5 Pro. The system automatically detects cracks, breaks…
Roboflow released a tutorial demonstrating how to automate steel surface defect inspection using an RF-DETR Small model and a Roboflow Workflow that sorts images into pass, review, or fail categories.…
Roboflow released a tutorial on building a planogram compliance detection workflow using its RF-DETR model and Google Gemini. The system automates shelf auditing by detecting empty zones and flagging …
Roboflow released a tutorial for building an automated surface defect inspection system for machined metal medical parts using an RF-DETR Small model trained on a metal surface defect dataset, achievi…
Roboflow released a new Vision Agent workflow that automates tire sidewall OCR by combining an RF-DETR object detector with a multimodal LLM. The system isolates tires in images, reads DOT codes, size…
A manufacturing defect affecting cylinder power triggered an FDA recall of nearly 34,000 contact lenses last year. Roboflow published a tutorial showing how to train an object detection model on a pub…
Roboflow published a guide on integrating large language models into computer vision pipelines, detailing when to add an LLM for tasks like text extraction and contextual judgment versus when to rely …
Roboflow launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents like Claude and Codex to build and deploy computer vision applications. The server gives agents tools to create projects,…
A computer vision system built on Roboflow now enables real-time detection of whether workers on construction sites are wearing helmets and safety vests, automatically tallying safe and unsafe workers…