Technology

Beyond
visual inspection.

Real physics. Real scale.
Talpa combines visual inspection with patent-pending subsurface sensing based on established electrochemical principles — bringing corrosion assessment to a scale previously reserved for visual inspection.

A complete view of condition

Visual condition.
Subsurface corrosion.
Spatial registration.

Complementary layers become one spatially registered condition record of the structure.

Visual, subsurface and spatial condition layers
How it works

From data collection
to actionable insights.

Three steps turn measurements on real infrastructure into condition intelligence that asset owners can use.

Talpa contactless data collection
01 · DATA COLLECTION

Contactless corrosion mapping + visual

Capture visual condition and subsurface corrosion information on real infrastructure at scale.

Talpa processing
02 · PROCESSING

Data fusion & processing

Visual and subsurface measurements are processed, fused and spatially registered to the structure.

Talpa actionable insights portal
03 · ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS

Digital condition record

Explore condition in context, compare inspections over time and prioritize where attention is needed.

Deployment

One sensing principle.
Any carrier.

Carrier-independent deployment for different structures, access conditions and inspection programs.

Handheld sensor
HANDHELD

Close. Precise. Versatile.

Drone
DRONE

Access the unreachable.

Robotic rover
ROBOTIC

Consistent. Scalable.

Scale

The economics of NDT
have changed.

NDT can be performed at full scale, but conventional acquisition often demands substantial access, time and labor. Talpa is designed to bring subsurface assessment closer to the scalability of visual inspection.

Conventional NDT

  • Point-by-point acquisition
  • Access equipment often required
  • Time and operational disruption
  • High effort per structure
  • Difficult to repeat portfolio-wide

Talpa approach

  • Scalable data acquisition
  • Carrier-independent deployment
  • Visual + subsurface condition
  • Spatially registered results
  • Persistent digital condition record
Technology outcome

It’s not just a better inspection.
It’s a new relationship with infrastructure.

The breakthrough isn’t another measurement. It’s making condition measurable at scale.