<b>SEATTLE,  May 19, 2020</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Numurus</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">announced today that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), an ecosystem for developers, solutions providers, carriers and technology leaders, focused on helping start-ups utilize 5G to develop new robotic inspection and maintenance capabilities. Numurus will work closely with the Lab’s founding partners including Intel, T-Mobile and others to help develop and deploy 5G solutions by giving access to engineering, technology and industry insights.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Numurus will leverage the Lab’s combined knowledge, resources, and connections to drive 5G capability development in their flagship NEPI® product, a smart IoT platform for managing data software and AI between Edge-devices and Cloud-services. As a turnkey secure connectivity solution, NEPI enhances robotic inspection and maintenance activities through advanced IoT interface technologies such as 5G. With support from the 5GOI Lab and it’s partners, Numurus will continue to expand their NEPI technology and applications around 5G capabilities. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Being a part of the 5G OI Lab and working with 5G technology leaders is a very exciting opportunity for Numurus to further it’s vision of supporting next generation inspection and maintenance robots,” said Numurus CEO, Jason Seawall. “The integration of 5G capabilities will have immediate applications with many of the organizations we support”.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">“The 5G OI Lab is an extraordinary opportunity for developers to work directly with technology and business leaders to design and bring to life their vision and dreams for new 5G applications,” said Jim Brisimitzis, managing partner of the 5G OI Lab.  “We are building a true partner ecosystem that will bring knowledge, resources and capital together to change the world in profound ways.”</span>

<b>About the 5G Open Innovation Lab</b>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) is a global ecosystem of developers, start-ups, enterprises, academia and government institutions working together with start-ups to fuel the development of new 5G capabilities and market categories that will transform the way we work, live and play both now and in the future.  The Lab provides developers at all stages unparalleled access to open platforms, enterprises and markets needed to create, test and deploy new use cases and innovations for 5G.  To learn more about the Lab and its portfolio of companies, please visit</span><a href="https://www.5goilab.com/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.5GOILab.com/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or follow us on Twitter at @5GOILab. </span>

<b>About Numurus</b>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Numurus provides Edge-to-Cloud (E2C) technology solutions for robotic inspection and maintenance applications.  The company’s Smart Inspection Ecosystem combines Edge hardware and software platforms with Cloud management services that rapidly advance the development, deployment, and management of smart sensors and robotics for industrial and defense applications. In addition to turn-key tools and products, Numurus’ engineering team provides full design and integration engineering services. For further information, please visit </span><a href="https://www.numurus.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">numurus.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>