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Hackathons ​

Hackathons on Nepher Robotics are focused on innovation — exploring novel approaches and opening new genres of robotic challenges. Where Tournaments optimize policies for fixed benchmarks, hackathons generate new ideas, task definitions, and proof-of-concept solutions.

Participate at https://hackathon.nepher.ai.

Hackathon vs Tournament ​

HackathonTournament
GoalInnovation — new genres and PoCsOptimization — best policy on fixed task
ExamplesKitchen humanoids, off-road nav, hospital robotsSpot waypoint nav across EnvHub benchmark scenes
JudgingCommunity voting with stake-weighted transparencyDecentralized eval-nav validator scoring
TimelineTime-boxed events (several per year)Sequential, task-driven competitions
OutputConcepts, demos, new challenge areasProduction policies, code, and EnvHub assets
Portalhackathon.nepher.aitournament.nepher.ai

Purpose & Scope ​

  • Purpose: Generate new ideas and proof-of-concept solutions that expand what robotics AI can tackle.
  • Scope: Collaborative, time-boxed events solving broad, real-world problems.
  • Outcome: Demos, write-ups, asset galleries, and seeds for future tournament tasks.
  • Rewards: Distributed to top entries via community votes, weighted transparently by Bittensor stake.

Submissions ​

Each entry includes two archives:

ArchiveContents
submission.zipSource code, Isaac Lab project, or other technical deliverable
assets.zipGallery media — images, videos, PDFs — extracted into a public project gallery after admin review

Submissions are reviewed before appearing on the public gallery. Accepted entries can receive comments and votes during the evaluation phase.

Sign in with your Nepher Account — the same identity used across Tournament, EnvHub, and SimStore.

Participating ​

Web ​

  1. Sign in at https://hackathon.nepher.ai
  2. Browse active hackathons and read challenge briefs
  3. Submit your project (submission.zip) and assets (assets.zip) before the deadline
  4. Community votes during the evaluation phase; live leaderboard updates every minute

CLI ​

bash
pip install nepher-cli
npcli login --api-key nepher_xxxxxxxx

# List open hackathons
npcli hackathon list

# Submit an entry
npcli hackathon submit \
  --title "My Kitchen Humanoid Demo" \
  --submission ./my-project \
  --assets ./my-assets \
  --description "## Approach\n\n..."

Your API key must have Hackathon scope (or be unrestricted). Create keys at https://account.nepher.ai → API Keys.

Full options:

--hackathon-id <uuid>       Required when multiple hackathons are open
--title <str>               Entry title
--description <markdown>    Entry description
--thumbnail <file>          Cover image (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF)
--submission <path>         Project folder or submission.zip
--assets <path>             Assets folder or assets.zip
--public-source             Mark source as public

See Nepher CLI for full command reference.

Voting & Rewards ​

During evaluation, the community casts votes. Scores aggregate with stake-weighted transparency — Bittensor stake history is synced from your registered coldkey on Nepher Account. Top entries receive TAO rewards paid out through Stripe Connect.

Live leaderboards refresh during voting; final scores lock when the evaluation window closes.

From Hackathon to Tournament ​

Strong hackathon outcomes can graduate into formal products:

  1. New task genre defined from winning concept
  2. EnvHub scenes built for standardized evaluation (envhub.nepher.ai)
  3. Tournament launched with a public task repo (e.g. task-spot-waypointnav) and eval-nav config
  4. Winning policies published to SimStore

This pipeline keeps innovation (hackathons) and rigor (tournaments) connected on one platform.

Organization & Announcements ​

Hackathon dates, registration windows, challenge themes, and submission rules are announced through:

Released under the MIT License.

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