Image: Luminous RoboticsLUMILuminousTracked robot that picks utility-scale PV modules and places them onto tracker racking4 deployments · 2 countries
Image: BotCrewGravion
Utility robot vehicle that pulls cable, carries panels and mows on utility-scale solar sites
- 1
- Deployments
- 1
- Companies that ran it
How it works on your site
Gravion is a large wheeled utility robot built by BotCrew around a 26 hp diesel engine, with no seat or steering. Independent trade press describes it as controlled primarily through remote control; autonomous operation requires the optional LiDAR system, and BotCrew's full-autonomy claim is unverified. On utility-scale solar sites it pulls DC cable and messenger wire from a Spool Carrier attachment and carries construction materials and solar panels on pallet forks rated to 1,800 lb (815 kg). BotCrew lists Gravion as shipping on a 6+ month minimum lease, and one customer deployment is on record: Narrow Way Energy's own post of the robot pulling heavy electrical cables on its solar project, with no site, size or dates given.
DC Collection and Combiner Installation, Module Delivery and Field Staging
Who has run it
1 deployment · 1 company
Will it work on your site
- Control Interface
- Off-board remote control, no seat or steeringReplaced earlier PlayStation and Steam Deck controllers
- Operating Weight
- 907 kg (2,000 lb)Vendor blog relaying Star Tribune coverage
- Travel Speed
- 101.6 m/minDerived from vendor's 1,000 ft in 3 min
- Single Cycle Capacity
- 815 kg (1,800 lb)At the hitch point; 635 kg at 24 in
- Setup Time
- 5 min to start operatingVendor copy; what the start covers is undefined
As the maker states it.
Want more information?
Other robots for utility-scale solar installation
- Image: Luminous RoboticsLUMILuminousTracked robot that picks utility-scale PV modules and places them onto tracker racking4 deployments · 2 countries
Image: XpannerX1 KitXpannerExcavator kit that picks solar panels from the box and places them with vacuum handling6 deployments · 1 country
Image: GrittGrittGrittRetrofit for construction equipment that picks solar modules and places them on tracker racking3 deployments · 1 country
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 · 1 country
Image: Charge RoboticsSunriseCharge RoboticsPortable on-site factory that assembles 40-foot solar bays for an autonomous vehicle to place1 deployment
Something wrong? How corrections work