Object Detection with TensorFlow and Smalltalk

In a previous post we saw basic object recognition in images using Google's TensorFlow library from Smalltalk. This post will walk you step by step through the process of using a pre-trained model to detect objects in an image. It may also catch your attention that we are doing this from VASmalltalk rather than Python. Check out the previous post to see why I believe Smalltalk could be a great choice for doing Machine Learning. We provide a collection of detection models pre-trained on the COCO dataset, the Kitti dataset, the Open Images dataset, the AVA v2.1 dataset and the iNaturalist Species Detection Dataset. These models can be useful for out-of-the-box inference if you are interested in categories already in those datasets.