Beyond the Naked Eye: How Tech Is Revolutionizing Industrial Inspections

Ask any technician who has ever scaled a massive wind turbine and they'll tell you: Manual inspections of industrial assets can be dangerous and imprecise. Today, companies are tapping advanced tech tools like autonomous robots and drones, as well as AI-powered predictive analytics, to make inspections not only safer but more accurate. Avitas Systems, launched in 2017 by GE Ventures, is one of the emerging pioneers who are upending traditional modes of industrial inspection. The Boston-based company combines autonomous robot and drone inspections, AI analytics and digital data warehousing in a single service. Not yet two years old, Avitas Systems already counts heavy hitters in the oil and gas, electric power and transportation industries among its client roster.