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.

Summary of samples in the QIR SDK

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	Y	N	Y
Segment objects (sample_object_segmentation)	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y

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

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