QIR SDK sample applications

The QIR SDK provides various sample applications. You can use ROS 2 to obtain device CPU load, accelerate AI model inference on Qualcomm platform from ROS 2 nodes, and perform robot simulation. The sample applications fall into different categories: AI, robotics, and platform. By combining different samples, you can implement various functionalities.

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Summary of samples in the QIR SDK

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AI sample applications

QIR SDK provides the following sample applications that demonstrate the AI capabilities of the platform.

Sample application	Peripherals required	Mobile robot required	Support for IQ-9075 EVK	Support for IQ-8275 EVK	Support for qcom-robotics-image	Support for qcom-robotics-proprietary-image
Detect hands (sample_hand_detection)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y
Classify images (sample_resnet101)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y
Estimate image depths (sample_depth_estimation)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y
Detect faces (sample_face_detection)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y
Estimate human poses (sample_hrnet_pose_estimation)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y
Detect objects (sample_object_detection)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y
Segment objects (sample_object_segmentation)	N	N	Y	N	N	Y

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Robotics sample applications

QIR SDK provides the following sample applications that demonstrate the robotics functionalities of the platform.

Sample application	Peripherals required	Mobile robot required	Support for IQ-9075 EVK	Support for IQ-8275 EVK	Support for qcom-robotics-image	Support for qcom-robotics-proprietary-image
Control AMR in the simulator (simulation_sample_amr_simple_motion)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enable 2D lidar SLAM (cartographer_ros)	RPLIDAR A3M1	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enable AprilTag pipeline (sample_apriltag)	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y
Enable pick-and-place in the simulator (simulation_sample_pick_and_place)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Experience remote assistant in the simulator (simulation_remote_assistant)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enable 2D lidar SLAM in the simulator with cartographer_ros (simulation_2d_lidar_slam)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enable navigation in the simulator with navigation2 (simulation_amr_navigation)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y

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Platform sample applications

QIR SDK provides the following sample applications that demonstrate the basic functionalities of the platform.

Sample application	Peripherals required	Mobile robot required	Support for IQ-9075 EVK	Support for IQ-8275 EVK	Support for qcom-robotics-image	Support for qcom-robotics-proprietary-image
Enable Orbbec Gemini 335L (orbbec_camera)	Gemini 335L	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enable basic RPLIDAR handling (rplidar-ros2)	RPLIDAR A3M1	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Publish system status (qrb_ros_system_monitor)	—	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Run basic OCR (ocr_service)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Run a zero-copy camera (qrb_ros_camera)	—	N	Y	Y	N	Y
Convert between NV12 and RGB888 (qrb_ros_colorspace_convert)	—	N	Y	Y	N	Y
Enable core audio (qrb_ros_audio_service)	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y
Evaluate performance of ROS2 components (qrb_ros_benchmark)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Execute AI model inference (qrb_ros_nn_inference)	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y