The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Inspection Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Swiss industrial inspection robotics company and a spin-off from the ETH Zurich Autonomous Systems Lab, founded in 2006 as a joint venture with ALSTOM Power Service. Now operating as Waygate Technologies Robotics, a unit of Baker Hughes, it builds magnetic-wheeled climbing robots such as the BIKE platform for inspecting power plants, oil and gas facilities, and other large-scale industrial assets. Baker Hughes announced the sale of Waygate Technologies to Hexagon for approximately $1.45 billion in April 2026.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Origin
2026 divestiture
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Inspection Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Notilo Plus1× joint2 total
Most recent
Inspection Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Inspection Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Alexander Schlaepfer Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Alexander Schlaepfercofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Inspection Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Inspection Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Inspection Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Inspection Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Notilo Plus1× joint2 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
BIKE at Switzerland, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
BIKE at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Inspection Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Inspection Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Baker Hughes to sell Waygate unit to Hexagon for about $1.45 billion
Baker Hughes announced the sale of its Waygate Technologies business (which includes Inspection Robotics) to Sweden-based Hexagon for approximately $1.45 billion in cash, marking…
Baker Hughes Announces Sale of Waygate Technologies to Hexagon
Official Baker Hughes press release announcing the all-cash sale of Waygate Technologies to Hexagon for approximately $1.45 billion, divesting the inspection technology unit that…
GE Inspection Robotics - Crunchbase Company Profile
Crunchbase company profile confirming GE Inspection Robotics is based in Zurich, founded by Alexander Schlaepfer, with 51-100 employees, operating in oil and gas and robotics.
GE Inspection Robotics (Waygate Technologies Robotics WTR) - DevelopmentAid profile
DevelopmentAid profile confirming the company's founding as ALSTOM Inspection Robotics in 2006, transition to GE in 2015, and acquisition by Waygate Technologies (Baker Hughes) in…
Waygate Technologies Robotics - Robotic technology for accelerators (CERN presentation)
CERN presentation detailing the company's history from ALSTOM Inspection Robotics (2006) through GE Inspection Robotics (2016) to Waygate Technologies Robotics (2020), and its…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/inspection-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/inspection-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/86677bf0-81ac-455c-b63d-3e4ef347f3b9
- Revision history: /companies/inspection-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Inspection Robotics draws attention at the 48th percentile but verifies reality at the 33rd percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +14.6, 60th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026