Orion Inspection Services and Consultancy

Orion Inspections is a Brazilian deeptech company specializing in robotic inspection, asset integrity, and remote assessment solutions for critical infrastructure. Based within the innovation ecosystem of COPPE/UFRJ, one of Latin America's leading engineering and research institutions, Orion develops and deploys technologies designed to inspect assets that are difficult, costly, or unsafe to access through conventional methods.

Founded on the combination of field engineering expertise and technology development, Orion focuses on solving complex inspection challenges through robotics, advanced sensing, artificial intelligence, and data analytics. Rather than offering standardized solutions, the company designs customized approaches that address the specific operational, environmental, and regulatory requirements of each client.

Orion serves organizations across water and sanitation, energy, oil and gas, mining, transportation, maritime, industrial, and infrastructure sectors. Its multidisciplinary team combines expertise in engineering, inspection, robotics, project execution, AI-assisted data analysis, and integrity assessment, allowing the company to support projects from planning and field deployment through final evaluation and reporting.

Innovation is a core element of Orion's strategy. The company develops and participates in R&D projects focused on robotic inspection systems, non-piggable pipeline assessment technologies, magnetic crawlers for ferromagnetic structures, underwater inspection platforms, AI-assisted condition assessment, and digital asset integrity solutions. These initiatives aim to improve safety, increase inspection coverage, reduce operational costs, and enhance decision-making through better data.

Within the Smart Cities and Urban Infrastructure context, Orion's technologies support the inspection, monitoring, and management of essential public assets, including:

• Water transmission and distribution networks, through internal robotic inspections, condition assessments, blockage identification, and asset mapping.

• Sanitation and wastewater systems, including force mains, pumping stations, sewer interceptors, and confined-space infrastructure.

• Stormwater and drainage systems, supporting preventive maintenance and flood resilience programs.

• Bridges, viaducts, tunnels, and steel structures, using remotely operated and magnetic robotic systems to perform inspections while minimizing operational disruption.

• Ports, dams, waterfront facilities, and hydraulic infrastructure, through ROV-based underwater inspections and structural assessments.

• Digital asset management initiatives, integrating inspection data, AI-assisted analytics, and condition monitoring to support predictive maintenance and long-term infrastructure planning.

Orion has delivered services and technology-driven projects for some of the largest industrial and infrastructure operators in Brazil and South America, supporting assets that are essential to economic activity, public services, and environmental protection. The company has accumulated extensive experience across thousands of kilometers of inspected infrastructure and challenging industrial environments.

Its international presence continues to grow through strategic partnerships, innovation programs, and collaboration with global technology leaders. Orion participated in ViennaUP, one of Europe's leading innovation and entrepreneurship events, expanding its network with corporations, research institutions, startups, and investors, ILI - Innovation Leaders Summit, in Tokyo, Japan, 2026, The company is also a founding member of SPRINT Robotics in South America, contributing to the advancement and adoption of robotic inspection technologies worldwide.

Today, Orion combines practical field experience, engineering excellence, and continuous innovation to help infrastructure operators build safer, more resilient, and data-driven cities. By leveraging robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced inspection technologies, the company enables smarter management of critical urban infrastructure while reducing risks, optimizing maintenance investments, and supporting sustainable long-term asset performance.