SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A Bay Area company recently launched a robot that will help build solar farms. San Francisco-based Built Robotics launched the "RPD 35," a robot based on an excavator. It can ...

Believe it or not, solar farms are some of the sites where we will see an interesting display of top-level technology in the future, with drones and robots creating a futuristic environment. At first ...

Workers observe as solar robots by Rosendin install photovoltaic solar modules on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Sequoia Solar Facility in Cisco. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer CALLAHAN COUNTY ...

The world’s hunger for energy is growing at an unprecedented rate thanks to growing manufacturing and AI data centers. And our current electric generation capabilities just can’t cope with the demand.

Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power and Sicily-based robotic tech startup Reiwa have developed a robot that automatically cleans solar panels without using water or gas. Dust and dirt can be a ...

Keeping panels clear of dust in large solar farms can be a time-consuming, wasteful and costly business. A Sicilian technology startup called the Reiwa Engine has developed an autonomous robot called ...

Automation is rapidly changing the world and how business is done, and now it’s helping to grow solar farms in a much more efficient manner with very large robots. The burning of dirty energy sources, ...

The companies racing to build large solar farms across the United States are facing a growing problem: not enough workers. Now, they’re turning to robots for help. On Tuesday, AES, one of the ...

With labor shortages affecting the utility-scale solar segment, some companies are presenting so-called robot “super workers” as a solution. California-based startup RoboForce aims to eventually ...

There’s plenty of power to be had from the sun, but you need to be out of the shade to receive it. [Dennis] built a robot by the name of Sun Chaser that has the smarts to go where the sun is shining.

AES’ Atlas robot uses advanced techniques to install panels along tracker torque tubes. Image: AES. Late last year AES Corporation unveiled the Atlas, an automated solar deployment robot the company ...

The use of herbicides and pesticides is widespread around the world but is also controversial because many of the chemicals they contain can have negative effects on the health of humans, other ...