Solar & energy

Solar panel installation robots

Robots that help build solar farms: placing and fixing modules, distributing piles and assembling tables.

14 robots · 11 makers · 7 on sale · 0 with a published price

14 robots

Built Robotics
Built Robotics

RPD 35

Autonomous pile-driving robot that carries, positions and drives steel piles for utility-scale solar tracker…

Built Robotics
Built Robotics

RPS 25

Pile-surveying/guidance robot working with RPD 35 to place piles precisely

Luminous Robotics
Luminous Robotics

LUMI

Fleet robot that lifts and places PV modules onto trackers alongside crews; Pallet LUMI handles module pallets

Terabase Energy
Terabase Energy

Terafab

Robotics-assisted automated field factory on the construction site that assembles tracker tables with modules and…

TrinaTracker
TrinaTracker

BUILDEX PV Module Installation Robot

Picks, transports, aligns and places PV modules on fixed or tracker structures using AI vision

Xpanner
Xpanner

X1 Piling

Machine-control / physical-AI automation of pile driving for solar and battery-storage sites.

Xpanner
Xpanner

X1 Shake-Out

Automated pile distribution across the site.

Maximo by AES Maximo
AES Maximo

Maximo

Tracked AI-enabled robot that picks and places PV modules onto trackers (upper arm) and tightens clamps (lower…

PilotElectric
Cosmic-1 by Cosmic Robotics
Cosmic Robotics

Cosmic-1

Robot deployed on terrestrial solar-farm construction (module installation assist)

PilotElectric
Charge Robotics
Charge Robotics

Sunrise factory

Mobile robotic on-site factory that pre-assembles tracker bays (structure + modules) and installs them, taking a…

Pilot
Swap Robotics
Swap Robotics

Solar module installation robot

100% electric robots for PV module laying plus pallet, torque-tube and I-beam staging

PilotElectric
Universal Field Robots
Universal Field Robots

UFR AutoPile

E35C robot paired with a Vermeer PD10 pile driver that autonomously sets out, handles and installs steel piles…

Pilot
Universal Field Robots
Universal Field Robots

UFR Deliver

Autonomous ATV/truck material-delivery system with dispatch software.

Stage unknown
Sarcos Technology and Robotics
Sarcos Technology and Robotics

Sarcos solar module installation system

Former Sarcos robotic PV module installation program (seed-list item); no longer presented on company site

Discontinued

Buyer’s guide: solar panel installation robots

How they work

Vehicles carry stacks of modules along the rows and an arm or guide places each one on the tracker, so crews do less heavy lifting.

What to check before buying

  • Modules per hour
  • Tracker systems supported
  • Crew size still needed

Where they work

Makers