“What we do at Apellix saves lives, saves money, reduces risk (catastrophic and other), and provides a superior work product providing a breadth and depth of data heretofore unavailable.”
Apellix, protecting the world’s built and industrial environments through aerial robotic technology, is celebrating being named a World-Changing Idea of 2021 by Fast Company. Apellix has created and is continuing to improve aerial robotic systems used in the war on corrosion that can prepare surfaces for coating/painting, apply the coatings, and monitor the coating job and the condition. We’ve done that by combining industrial robots, such as those used for high endurance, speed, and precision manufacturing, with an industrial drone and creating the software to autonomously operate the system.
What we do at Apellix changes lives – workers’ lives and the lives of those in our communities. Our aerial robotic systems are reducing occupational hazards and making working at heights safer. We are saving tax dollars for the corrosion management of public assets, such as highway bridges and battleships, and saving private dollars on the protection of buildings, ships, storage tanks, oil rigs, and more.
In the public-sector corrosion impacts the military, our transportation, and infrastructure, just to name a few of the biggest categories. For the military, corrosion management – ships, aircraft, infrastructure, etc. – is their single biggest expense. It’s no secret our aging infrastructure needs repair. The National Traffic Safety Board says the most common cause of bridge accidents is rust. This is, with no exaggeration, a life-and-death battle.
The National Traffic Safety Board says the most common cause of bridge accidents is rust. This is, with no exaggeration, a life-and-death battle.
