Wednesday, February 24, 2021
When Lehigh University Alumnus Dr. Matt Bilsky applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance program in 2016, he was writing his dissertation and nearing the end of his research. Bilsky, founder and CEO of FLX Solutions, Inc., was working on a novel snake-like robot that can drive, drill and see inside walls to run wires without the mess. The idea came to Bilsky in 2013 when he was supervising and participating in plaster and lath house renovations as a contractor and superintendent of properties for an off-campus landlord in South Bethlehem.