Image: Luminous RoboticsLUMILuminousTracked robot that picks utility-scale PV modules and places them onto tracker racking4 deployments · 2 countries
Image: CivRoboticsCivNav
GPS guidance box for a skid steer that leads the operator to each solar pile, pallet and module drop
- 2
- Deployments
- 2
- Companies that ran it
How it works on your site
CivNav is a GPS sensor box that bolts onto a skid steer or telehandler the contractor already owns or rents, paired with a handheld tablet in the cab. It guides the operator to the drop point for each solar pile, pallet and PV module from a CSV plan of the site; the operator still drives the machine and places the material, and the kit initiates no motion of its own. Civ Robotics has kept CivNav behind a reservation form since the December 2025 launch and raised the rental price 20% to $3,000 a month in that time, with two named customers and no published account of the product from anyone but the vendor.
Module Delivery and Field Staging
Who has run it
2 deployments · 2 companies
Will it work on your site
- Connectivity
- Network connectivity required for full analyticsNo RTK correction source is published for CivNav
- BIM and CAD input
- CSV point data onlyVendor FAQ states CSV; the CAD input line was deleted from the vendor page in 2026. BIM, IFC and Revit are nowhere addressed.
- Control interface
- Handheld tablet in the machine cabTop-down map shows operator position and next goal
- Fleet management
- Real-time machine utilization and production visibilityCadence published as daily and as weekly
- Ingress protection
- Not publishedVendor describes the kit only as rugged
As the maker states it.
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