Fred Melvelle Briggs

Applied Impact Robotics, Inc. is an American company that specializes in developing automated robotic solutions for the oil and gas industry. The company won the Chrysalix Petronas Incentive Challenge to develop a safe and economically viable solution to inspect the tank bottoms of aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) without any interruption in service and requiring no human entry. The company is developing innovative ways to reduce the viscosity of sludge and sediment in order to maneuver robotic solutions through the complex and challenging environments found within ASTs. The company was founded in 2019 by Jade West Garrett and is headquartered in Washington D.C.