Image: XpannerX1 KitXpannerExcavator kit that picks solar panels from the box and places them with vacuum handling6 deployments
Image: XpannerUtility-Scale Solar Installation
Assembly and connection of a ground-mount utility-scale photovoltaic array: staging modules across the site, placing and fastening them onto tracker
What can be automated
Robots cover 4 of 6 subtasks in utility-scale solar installation.
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Module Placement onto Racking
6 robots · 15 deployments
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Module Delivery and Field Staging
2 robots · 3 deployments
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Module Fastening and Torque Verification
2 robots · 1 deployment
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DC Collection and Combiner Installation
1 robot · 1 deployment
Still crew led
- String Wiring and Connectorization
- Mechanical Completion and Commissioning Handover
Companies deploying robots for utility-scale solar installation today
Robots doing utility-scale solar installation
- Image: XpannerX1 KitXpannerExcavator kit that picks solar panels from the box and places them with vacuum handling6 deployments
Image: Luminous RoboticsLUMILuminousTracked robot that picks utility-scale PV modules and places them onto tracker racking4 deployments
Image: GrittGrittGrittRetrofit for construction equipment that picks solar modules and places them on tracker racking3 deployments
Image: CivRoboticsCivNavCiv RoboticsGPS guidance box for a skid steer that leads the operator to each solar pile, pallet and module drop2 deployments
Image: Cosmic RoboticsCosmic-1ACosmic RoboticsBattery-electric robot that lifts solar modules and places them on tracker racking at utility-scale PV sites1 deployment
Image: BotCrewGravionBotCrewUtility robot vehicle that pulls cable, carries panels and mows on utility-scale solar sites1 deployment
Image: Charge RoboticsSunriseCharge RoboticsPortable on-site factory that assembles 40-foot solar bays for an autonomous vehicle to place1 deployment
Image: RoboForceTITANRoboForceTwo-arm mobile manipulator on a tracked or wheeled base that fastens solar modules0 deployments