# Qualcomm Intelligent Robotics SDK overview

The Qualcomm^®^ Intelligent Robotics (QIR) SDK is a collection of components that enable you to develop robotic features on Qualcomm platforms. This SDK is applicable to the Qualcomm Linux releases.

The QIR SDK provides the following:

- Reference code in Robot Operating System (ROS) packages as a starting point for developing robotic applications.
- End-to-end sample applications that help evaluate robotic platforms.
- Integrated cross-compile toolchain, including common build tools such as `aarch64-oe-linux-gcc`, `make`, `cmake`, and ROS core.
- Tools and scripts that speed up the development.
- Basic ROS nodes that help you build your ROS applications, such as `qrb_ros_camera` and `qrb_ros_nn_inference`.

This document guides you through developing your first sample application. It explains how to:

- Download and flash the prebuilt Qualcomm linux image
- Configure the environment and run sample applications
- Develop applications using the prebuilt image and QIR SDK
- Generate customized images and the QIR SDK

## Supported platforms

| Hardware | Access level | Quick start |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Qualcomm Dragonwing^TM^ RB3 Gen 2 Vision Development Kit | Public | [RB3 Gen2 Development Kit Quick Start Guide](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-253) |
| Qualcomm Dragonwing^TM^ IQ-9075 Evaluation Kit | Public | [IQ-9075 Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-263) |
| Qualcomm® IQ-8 Beta Evaluation Kit | Authorized | [IQ-8 Beta EVK Quick Start Guide](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/80-70017-263/resource/80-70017-263.pdf) |

Note

- For information about access levels, including `public` and `authorized`, see [Working with Qualcomm](https://www.qualcomm.com/support/working-with-qualcomm).
- For information about the latest release of QIR SDK, including new features and release tags, see [Qualcomm Intelligent Robotics SDK (QIR SDK) Release Notes](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-260).

Last Published: Oct 10, 2025

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