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Read the Avitas Systems press coverage, including features in Bloomberg, The Boston Globe, Forbes, the Houston Chronicle, MIT Technology Review, and Wired.

Avitas Systems: A New Model for Digital Transformation?
It was announced that GE Venture’s Avitas Systems is partnering with Kraken Robotic Systems. The reason this partnership struck me was that I …

Drones and Robots are Taking Over Industrial Inspection
Avitas Systems, a GE subsidiary based in Boston, is now using drones and robots to automate the inspection of infrastructure such as pipelines, …

FAA Relaxes Drone Restrictions in 10 New Programs
The space above your head—currently filled with sky, maybe some clouds, and the passing bird or plastic bag—is valuable. Many a company would rather see it filled with…
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November 2018
Shell Partner Receives FAA Approval for Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight
Artificial Intelligence Applied for Grid Inspection Using Drones
Drones to Inspect Oil and Gas Operations
A Longer Leash for Drones: Federal Regulators Allow Avitas Systems to Work Beyond the Line of Sight
October 2018
GE Venture OK’d for Beyond Line of Sight Drone Use with Radar
FAA-Approves Avitas UAS for Use Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight
FAA Awards Beyond Line of Sight Drone Waiver
Company Gets FAA Permission to Fly Drones Without Direct Human Supervision in W. Texas
Avitas Systems Receives First FAA Approval for Civil Use of BVLOS with Radar
Avitas Systems Receives First Ever FAA Approval to Fly a Drone with Radar and Without a Spotter
GE’s Avitas Gains First BVLOS Approval after Shell Oil Study
FAA Approves Avitas BVLOS with Radar
First FAA Approved Civil Use of BVLOS with Radar
Avitas Systems Receives FAA Approval to Use Radar to Fly UAS BVLOS
Avitas Receives First FAA Civil BVLOS Approval Using Radar
GE-Owned Avitas Granted First Large Commercial BVLOS Waiver
An Eye for AI: Software Provides an Easier Path for Power Line Safety Inspections
Avitas Systems to Fly BVLOS Drone Inspections in Texas
August 2018
Keeping an Eye on Below-the-Waterline Assets
July 2018
Beyond the Naked Eye: How Tech is Revolutionizing Industrial Inspections
June 2018
GE Wants to be a Traffic Cop for Drones
GE Venture Develops High-Tech Ways to Better Inspect Oil, Gas Facilities
May 2018
Drone Pilots’ $2,000 Paydays Drop 90% in ‘Race to the Bottom’
Customizing Digital Inspection Solutions for Oil and Gas Assets
FAA Relaxes Drone Restrictions with 10 New Programs
March 2018
Where IoT Meets the Industrial Complex: IIoT
February 2018
Avitas Systems Collaborates with Waukesha Pearce
Digitally Transforming Inspection Services
January 2018
Aircraft Drone Inspection Technology
A Bird’s Eye View: Drones in the Power Sector
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, and Waukesha Pearce Join Offerings
2017
Using Data to Advance From Reactive to Proactive Repair
Partnership Aims to Transform Industrial Inspection with Predictive Analytics, Drones
November 2017
Avitas Systems – a New Model for Digital Transformation?
Machine Learning Makes for More Intelligent Inspections
October 2017
Pushing Cutting-Edge Robots and Drones
GE’s Avitas Systems Partners with Kraken Robotics to Advance Subsea Robotic Inspection
Avitas Systems with Kraken to Advance Subsea Inspection
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, Partners with Kraken to Advance Subsea Robotic Inspection
Oilfield Transformation from Above
Kraken Robotics Teams with GE’s Avitas Systems to Enhance Offshore Inspections
GE Inks Partnership for Robotic Subsea Inspection
GE’s Avitas Systems, Kraken Robotics Developing New Subsea Inspection Solution
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, Partners with Kraken to Advance Subsea Robotic Inspection
AUV, LiDAR, Acoustic Tech Advance Underwater Inspection
GE’s Avitas Systems Partners with Kraken Advance Subsea Robotic Inspections
GE Venture Partners with Kraken Robotics to Advance Subsea Robotic Inspection
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, Partners with Kraken to Advance Subsea Inspection
Avitas Systems Partners with Kraken Robotics to Advance Subsea Robotic Inspection
Kraken Partnership Points to a Cautious Market for Enterprise Robotics
September 2017
Artificial Intelligence Powers Robotic Inspections
GE Startup Avitas Deploys AI Drone Inspections
GE’s Newest ‘Venture’ Partners with NVIDIA for AI-Powered Inspection
Supercomputing Moves to the Edge with AI Guided Drones
NVIDIA’s AI Supercomputers Help Augment Human Site Inspectors
Drones and GPUs Provide AI Boost for Inspection Firm
Advances in AI Will Aid in Autonomous Industrial Inspections
GE Venture, Nvidia Bond over Inspection AI
Drones and Robots are Taking Over Industrial Inspection
Aerospace Sees Opening Drone Commercial Inspection Services
AI-Driven Drones May Soon Assist Humans to Inspect Heavy Industrial Equipment
GE’s Avitas Systems Hopes to Reinvent Industrial Inspection with AI from NVIDIA
NVIDIA and Avitas Systems Partner on Using AI to Help Robots Spot Defects
Avitas, NVIDIA Team Up for High Tech UAS Inspections
GE’s Avitas Systems teams up with NVIDIA Enhance AI Drone Inspections
Avitas and NVIDIA Use AI, Drones and Robots to Improve Inspections
July 2017
GE Uses Drones to Reduce Inspection Costs
Drones, Robots Can Play Central Role in Preventing Oil, Gas Disaster
June 2017
GE Mixing Drones and Artificial Intelligence in Niskayuna
GE Ventures Opens Data Driven Firm to Advance Industry Inspection Services
GE Unveils Big Data Tools for Industry Amid Software Shift
With Immelt Out, GE Pushes Digital Transformation with Drones and ‘Industrial Internet’
GE Launches Industrial-Oriented Startup in Boston
GE Taps Cloud Analytics Robotics to Fuel Industrial Transformation
GE Digital Extends Asset Performance Management Portfolio With ServiceMax
GE Tests Autonomous Drones for Equipment Facility Inspections
GE Begins Testing Drones to Inspect Refineries and Factories
GE Testing Drones for Tech Inspections
New GE Startup Tests Drones for Pipeline, Gas Flare Inspections
GE Moves to Automate Industrial Field Service Management
Autonomous Robots to Cut Inspection Costs by 25%
GE Launches New Solutions Purpose Built for Industrial Assets
GE Ventures Launches Inspection Services Startup
GE Hybrid Battery Storage to Serve All Its Gas and Coal Plants
GE Launches Avitas Systems AI-Driven Robotics Expansion
GE Begins Testing Drones to Inspect Refines, Factories
GE Company has Begun Testing Autonomous Drones and Robotic Crawlers to
Rise of the Machines GE Turns to Robotics to Inspect Refineries, Factories
GE Pushes Digital Transformation Industrial Growth with Three New Products
GE Launches Company Dedicated Robotics Drones Inspections