neuromeka-vfm 0.1.6

Client utilities for Neuromeka VFM FoundationPose RPC (upload meshes, call server)

neuromeka_vfm

A lightweight client SDK for communicating with Segmentation (SAM2, Grounding DINO) and Pose Estimation (NVIDIA FoundationPose) servers over RPC/ZeroMQ. It also provides SSH/SFTP utilities to upload mesh files to the host.

• Website: http://www.neuromeka.com
• PyPI package: https://pypi.org/project/neuromeka_vfm/
• Documents: https://docs.neuromeka.com

Installation

pip install neuromeka_vfm

Python API (usage by example)

• Client PC: the machine running your application with this package installed.
• Host PC: the machine running Segmentation and Pose Estimation Docker servers. If you run Docker locally, use localhost.

Segmentation

from neuromeka_vfm import Segmentation

seg = Segmentation(
    hostname="192.168.10.63",
    port=5432,
    compression_strategy="png",    # none | png | jpeg | h264
)

# Register using an image prompt
seg.add_image_prompt("drug_box", ref_rgb)
seg.register_first_frame(
    frame=first_rgb,
    prompt="drug_box",     # ID string
    use_image_prompt=True,
)

# Register using a text prompt
seg.register_first_frame(
    frame=first_rgb,
    prompt="box .",         # Text prompt (must end with " .")
    use_image_prompt=False,
)

# SAM2 tracking on the registered mask(s)
resp = seg.get_next(next_rgb)
if isinstance(resp, dict) and resp.get("result") == "ERROR":
    print(f"Tracking error: {resp.get('message')}")
    seg.reset()
else:
    masks = resp

# Segmentation settings / model selection (nrmk_realtime_segmentation v0.2+)
caps = seg.get_capabilities()["data"]
current = seg.get_config()["data"]
seg.set_config(
    {
        "grounding_dino": {
            "backbone": "Swin-B",        # Swin-T | Swin-B
            "box_threshold": 0.35,
            "text_threshold": 0.25,
        },
        "dino_detection": {
            "threshold": 0.5,
            "target_multiplier": 25,
            "img_multiplier": 50,
            "background_threshold": -1.0,
            "final_erosion_count": 10,
            "segment_min_size": 20,
        },
        "sam2": {
            "model": "facebook/sam2.1-hiera-large",
            "use_legacy": False,
            "compile": False,
            "offload_state_to_cpu": False,
            "offload_video_to_cpu": False,
        },
    }
)

# Remove an object (v0.2+, only when use_legacy=False)
seg.remove_object("cup_0")

seg.close()

Additional Segmentation APIs and behaviors

• benchmark=True in the constructor enables timing counters (call_time, call_count) for add_image_prompt, register_first_frame, and get_next.
• switch_compression_strategy() lets you change the compression strategy at runtime.
• register_first_frame() returns True/False and raises ValueError if image prompts are missing when use_image_prompt=True.
• register_first_frame() accepts a list of prompt IDs when use_image_prompt=True.
• get_next() returns None if called before registration; it can also return the server error dict when available.
• reset() performs a server-side reset, while finish() clears only local state.
• Exposed state: tracking_object_ids, current_frame_masks, invisible_object_ids.
• Backward-compat alias: NrmkRealtimeSegmentation.

Segmentation v0.2 config summary (defaults/choices)

seg.get_capabilities() can differ depending on server configuration. The following reflects v0.2 defaults.

grounding_dino:
  backbone:
    choices:
      - Swin-B
      - Swin-T
    default: Swin-T
  box_threshold:
    default: 0.35
    min: 0.0
    max: 1.0
  text_threshold:
    default: 0.25
    min: 0.0
    max: 1.0

dino_detection:
  threshold:
    default: 0.5
  target_multiplier:
    default: 25
  img_multiplier:
    default: 50
  background_threshold:
    default: -1.0
  final_erosion_count:
    default: 10
  segment_min_size:
    default: 20

sam2:
  model:
    choices:
      - facebook/sam2-hiera-base-plus
      - facebook/sam2-hiera-large
      - facebook/sam2-hiera-small
      - facebook/sam2-hiera-tiny
      - facebook/sam2.1-hiera-base-plus
      - facebook/sam2.1-hiera-large
      - facebook/sam2.1-hiera-small
      - facebook/sam2.1-hiera-tiny
    default: facebook/sam2.1-hiera-large
  use_legacy:
    default: false
  compile:
    default: false
  offload_state_to_cpu:
    default: false
  offload_video_to_cpu:
    default: false

Segmentation v0.2 notes and changes

• If SAM2 VRAM estimation fails, seg.get_next() may return {"result":"ERROR"}. Handle the error and call reset before re-registering.
• compile=True can slow down first-frame registration and reset.
• CPU offloading is most effective when both offload_state_to_cpu=True and offload_video_to_cpu=True are set (legacy mode does not support offload_video_to_cpu).
• remove_object is supported only when use_legacy=False.
• GroundingDINO added the Swin-B backbone and fixed prompt-token merge issues.

Pose Estimation

Mesh upload: Upload the mesh file (STL) to /opt/meshes/ on the host PC. You can also use SSH directly.

from neuromeka_vfm import upload_mesh

upload_mesh(
    host="192.168.10.63",
    user="user",
    password="pass",
    local="mesh/my_mesh.stl",         # local mesh path
    remote="/opt/meshes/my_mesh.stl", # host mesh path (Docker volume)
)

Initialization

from neuromeka_vfm import PoseEstimation

pose = PoseEstimation(host="192.168.10.72", port=5557)

pose.init(
    mesh_path="/app/modules/foundation_pose/mesh/my_mesh.stl",
    apply_scale=1.0,
    track_refine_iter=3,
    min_n_views=40,
    inplane_step=60,
)

• mesh_path: path to the mesh file (STL/OBJ). Initialization fails if missing.
• apply_scale: scalar applied after loading the mesh.
  • STL in meters: 1.0 (no scaling)
  • STL in centimeters: 0.01 (1 cm -> 0.01 m)
  • STL in millimeters: 0.001 (1 mm -> 0.001 m)
• force_apply_color: if True, forces a solid color when the mesh lacks color data.
• apply_color: RGB tuple (0-255) used when force_apply_color=True.
• est_refine_iter: number of refinement iterations during registration (higher = more accurate, slower).
• track_refine_iter: number of refinement iterations per frame during tracking.
• min_n_views: minimum number of sampled camera views (affects rotation candidates).
• inplane_step: in-plane rotation step in degrees (smaller = more candidates).

Registration and tracking

# Registration (server defaults when iteration is omitted, check_vram=True pre-checks VRAM)
register_resp = pose.register(rgb=rgb0, depth=depth0, mask=mask0, K=cam_K, check_vram=True)

# Tracking (optionally limit search area with bbox_xywh)
track_resp = pose.track(rgb=rgb1, depth=depth1, K=cam_K, bbox_xywh=bbox_xywh)

pose.close()

• cam_K: camera intrinsics.
• Large RGB resolution, large min_n_views, or small inplane_step can cause GPU VRAM errors.
• check_vram=True in register performs a pre-check to prevent server shutdown due to OOM.
• iteration in register/track can override the server default if provided.
• reset() resets the server state; reset_object() reuses the cached mesh to rebuild the rotation grid.
• Default host/port can come from FPOSE_HOST and FPOSE_PORT environment variables.
• Backward-compat alias: FoundationPoseClient.

Release notes

• 0.1.2: Improved success detection for Segmentation responses (result/success/status), fixed image prompt registration/usage, added check_vram to PoseEstimation register.
• 0.1.1: Improved resource cleanup in PoseEstimation/Segmentation, use server defaults when iteration is omitted, added pose demo example.
• 0.1.0: Initial public release. Includes FoundationPose RPC client, real-time segmentation client, SSH-based mesh upload CLI/API.