One of the solar-building robot companies operating in Australia could now, theoretically at least, build large chunks of a solar farm from the comfort of their port-side offices – in Boston.
Luminous Robotics is rolling out “synchronised heterogenous fleet autonomy” – aka software that allows remote control as well as robot-to-robot communication – in the fleet it’s running in Australia.
The Lumi device picks up solar panels and puts them on the trackers.
Luminous panel installer robot at the Goorambat solar project. Image: Engie
The company has run Australia Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funded trials at two now-completed solar projects and has just finished a third, with another giant project in the wings.
