libhri
- Software
- Perception
- Library
A helper library for the ROS4HRI framework that makes it easier to read a robot's perception of nearby humans, in C++ and Python.
Made by ROS4HRI.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros4hri/libhri (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 3687094 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 3687094 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Wraps ROS4HRI human perception topics behind a simpler API.
- Provides the hri C++ package and the pyhri Python package, which wraps the C++ one with Pybind11.
- HRIListener is the main entry point for using the library.
- Python documentation is available through help() after importing hri.
- Includes an example program in both C++ and Python.
- This repository covers ROS 2 only; ROS 1 support lives on another branch.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 3687094.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 25 Aug 2026 on humble-devel
- Latest release
- ROS 2 port (19 Dec 2023)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.