Programs
Real edge AI tools for students who want to build real systems. NEPI partners with robotics competitions and university programs to give teams production-grade tools at educational pricing.
Why NEPI for education
Most educational robotics platforms are simplified versions of professional tools. Students learn the basics, then have to relearn everything when they enter the workforce. NEPI takes a different approach.
NEPI is the same source-available platform used by defense contractors, maritime companies, and industrial teams. When students build with NEPI, they work with the same driver framework, AI model management, and automation tools that professional engineers use in the field.
The platform's plug-and-play hardware integration and low-code automation tools make it accessible to teams without deep software engineering backgrounds, while the full ROS 2 foundation gives advanced students room to go deeper.
Partner programs
Numurus works with leading robotics competitions and university programs across the country.
MATE ROV Competition
NEPI provides the software platform for teams building remotely operated vehicles. Connect underwater cameras, sonars, and manipulators through NEPI's driver framework and control them through the browser-based interface.
FIRST Robotics
FIRST Robotics teams use NEPI to add edge AI capabilities to their competition robots. Object detection, tracking, and automated responses - all running on affordable NVIDIA Jetson hardware.
Oregon UAS Accelerator
Drone teams in the Oregon UAS program use NEPI for onboard AI processing, automated flight behaviors, and real-time sensor data collection. The platform runs directly on the drone's compute hardware.
What students build with NEPI
The same capabilities professional teams use, applied to competition and capstone projects.
Object detection
Train and deploy AI models that identify objects, people, or conditions in real time from camera feeds.
Sensor integration
Connect cameras, LiDAR, sonar, IMUs, and GPS through NEPI's plug-and-play driver framework.
Automated workflows
Build event-driven automation that turns AI detections into actions - alerts, data logging, motor control.
Remote monitoring
View live sensor data, AI outputs, and system status from any device with a web browser.
Case study
Lane Community College - Drone Search & Rescue
A student capstone project used NEPI to build an AI-based drone system for search and rescue scenarios. The team connected cameras, ran object detection models, and built automated monitoring workflows - all using NEPI's low-code tools on NVIDIA Jetson hardware.
Get your team started
NEPI is free to try and source available. Educational licensing with support is free.
1. Get NEPI
Download the Docker container or install from source on your team's hardware.
2. Follow a tutorial
Walk through a complete project from hardware connection to AI deployment.
3. Join the community
Ask questions, share your projects, and connect with other teams building with NEPI.
Beta Program
Actively building with NEPI? Join the beta program to get early access to new features, drivers, and platform updates before general release. Beta testers get direct access to the Numurus engineering team and a direct line to influence the roadmap.
Want to bring NEPI to your program?
We work with robotics competitions, universities, accelerators, and STEM programs to make edge AI tools accessible to students and startups.