remote inspection

Bureau Veritas adopts Nolvis X1 drones for safer ship and offshore inspections

November 11, 2026 by Sam Francis

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore is using the Nolvis X1 industrial drone to carry out remote inspections of confined and hazardous spaces aboard ships and offshore installations, reducing the need for personnel to enter potentially dangerous environments.

Developed by Dallas-based Nolvis, the X1 is designed to operate inside ballast tanks, cargo holds, boilers and other enclosed spaces where satellite navigation is unavailable and conventional inspection methods can be difficult, expensive and potentially hazardous.

The drone is being used to support Bureau Veritas’ Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) activities in several countries, including France, Türkiye, Greece and Denmark. [Read more…] about Bureau Veritas adopts Nolvis X1 drones for safer ship and offshore inspections

Opinion: Send the robot, not the person. What inspection robots are really for

October 22, 2026 by Sam Francis

By Daniela Shchegelskaya, an electronics engineer at Elimpus who has spent the last two years working with Boston Dynamics’ Spot for hazard-zone inspections in live power substations

When presenting my robotics work, two questions regularly emerge. Do we really need robots? What will happen to field service engineers?

I can understand why people are concerned, but rest assured: my robotics work centers on keeping engineers safe and outsourcing hazardous tasks to machines.

I want the knowledge that can only be obtained by a human engineer to remain central to the work, and I also want fewer people to have to enter places where they may be seriously harmed. [Read more…] about Opinion: Send the robot, not the person. What inspection robots are really for

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