Notilo Plus x Inspection Robotics

Notilo Plus was a French underwater robotics company that developed iBubble, the world's first autonomous wireless underwater drone, designed to follow divers and capture footage using patented visual and 360-degree sonar tracking technology. The company later expanded into professional subsea [Inspection](/companies/inspection-robotics) with the Seasam drone, partnering with Cybernetix for offshore energy inspections. Notilo Plus was acquired by DELAIR on December 22, 2022.

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](/companies/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.