Robotics Firm Lands Funding to Help Slash Costs of Delivering Large Scale Solar Projects in Australia

Automation boost: Robots to accelerate large-scale solar rollout

US robotics firm Luminous has secured $4.9 million in federal funding to deploy its autonomous solar-installation robots in Australia, in the first major award under the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's (ARENA) $100 million Solar ScaleUp Challenge.The LUMI robots are designed to automate the labor-intensive task of solar panel installation, speeding up large-scale solar farm construction by 350% while reducing labour intensity and costs.Lumi…

Robotics firm lands funding to help slash costs of delivering large scale solar projects in Australia

US-based robotics company gets Australian funding to test outs its ability to slash costs installing thousands of PV panels at large scale solar farms.

Robots to scale up solar deployment - Energy Magazine

Image: LuminousAI-powered robots are set to reduce the cost of large-scale solar, thanks to new funding by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Robotics Pioneer has been awarded $4.9 million as […] The post Robots to scale up solar deployment appeared first on Energy Magazine.

Robotics company lands federal funds to scale up solar construction

Robotics company Luminous has secured almost $5 million in federal government funding to support the deployment of a fleet of AI-powered robots designed to accelerate the construction of utility-scale solar farms.The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $4.9 million (USD 3.23 million) in funding for the local arm of United States-based robotics company Luminous to support the deployment and demonstration of a fleet of artific…

Luminous scores $4.9M to demo solar-building robot

Robotics company Luminous will receive $4.9 million in funding as the first recipient of ARENA’s $100 million Solar ScaleUp Challenge, which sought to supercharge innovation and crowdsource ideas from around the world on how to reduce the cost of large-scale solar. Luminous’ project will introduce and demonstrate their LUMI robot—an AI-powered pick-and-place technology designed to streamline utility scale solar construction. LUMI addresses one o…