MIT-based startup launches solar construction robotic system
Charge Robotics partnered with Solv Energy to pilot a portable factory system intended to make solar installations safer and more efficient for increasingly challenging terrain.
Terabase surpasses $200 million in funding with Series C round
The funding in large part will support the manufacturing scale-up of Terabase’s robotics-assisted assembly line, Terafab,
Robotic workers unveiled at Intersolar
RoboForce says its AI-enabled robots can install modules “faster and cheaper” than human workers.
Sunrise brief: California state grant advances 2 GWh iron flow battery deployment plans
Also on the rise: Massive 900 MW solar project designed to preserve agricultural land. AI-enabled solar installation robot. And more.
AI-enabled solar installation robot
Maximo the robot will soon help to construct the 2 GW Bellefield solar project in California.
Bill Gates-backed fund invests in automated utility-scale solar installation platform
Terabase Energy raised $44 million in funding round, supporting digital and robotic platform for building utility-scale solar power plants.
Meet ZiGGY, the robot that comes when your EV needs a charge
The mobile EV charging robot from EV Safe Charge overcomes limitations of stationary chargers and doesn’t require electrical infrastructure.
An American at Intersolar: Part IV – So Much Gear
In our last article on Intersolar 2022 Munich, we present a small fraction of the countless vendors exhibiting their products on the floor.
An American at Intersolar: Part III – Storage & robots
Across from a multitude of solar panel cleaning robots, ees Europe showed off flow batteries, and hydrogen – though lithium ion vendors dominated the conference.
Robot dog for PV plant monitoring
A robot dog developed by Boston Dynamics monitors a solar park by walking between the panel rows following a programmed route. It uses its built-in thermal vision system to generate thermographic reports on the status of the different PV plant components.
