Roboflow + Make Sense

Connect a Roboflow model to Make Sense so it draws suggested boxes as you open each image, then upload the finished labels to Roboflow.

Make Sense is a free, open source labeling tool that runs in the browser at makesense.ai, with no install or account.

Make Sense has a Roboflow connection built in. Under Connect AI server you enter a Roboflow model ID and your API key, and each image you open is sent to the Roboflow Hosted API; the predictions come back as editable bounding boxes. When you are done, export the labels (YOLO or VOC XML for boxes, COCO JSON for polygons) and upload them to Roboflow to train the next model.

How to connect Make Sense to Roboflow

5 steps
  1. Load images into Make Sense

    Open makesense.ai, drop in your images, choose object detection and start the project.

  2. Connect your Roboflow model

    Click Connect AI server and enter your model ID (project name and version number) and your private Roboflow API key.

  3. Review the suggested boxes

    Each image you open is sent to Roboflow and the predictions are drawn as boxes. Move, resize or delete them, and add any the model missed.

  4. Export annotations

    Click Actions, then Export Annotations, and choose VOC XML for boxes or COCO JSON for polygons.

  5. Upload to Roboflow and retrain

    Upload the images and exported labels to your Roboflow project, generate a new version and train an improved model.

What teams build with Make Sense

  • Label faster with your current model

    Let a model you already trained draw first-pass boxes so labelers only fix mistakes.

  • Label without installing anything

    Annotate in a browser tab and send the results to Roboflow when you are done.

  • Close the loop on a weak class

    Label new images for the classes your model misses, upload them and retrain.

Questions

Object detection models served by the Roboflow Hosted API. Make Sense draws their predictions as bounding boxes.

VOC XML for bounding boxes, because each file carries the class names. Use COCO JSON if you drew polygons.

When the AI server is connected, each image you open is sent to Roboflow for inference. Without it, Make Sense works locally in the browser.

Why are companies choosing Roboflow?

The end-to-end platform for vision AI: create datasets, train models and deploy to production.

  • Flexible deployment modes

    Move from a scalable cloud API to edge hardware like NVIDIA Jetson without managing complex dependencies.

  • Integrated workflow builder

    Combine multiple AI models, custom business logic and third-party integrations into one production-ready pipeline in a low-code editor.

  • Model monitoring and alerts

    Dashboards track confidence, inference time and request volume for your deployed models, and email alerts tell your team when confidence suddenly drops.

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