Solar Panel Installation Robots
Robots and autonomous systems that install or maintain solar modules at utility scale.
23 robots · 23 companies · from the Future of Built file
By trade
- Logistics · 16
- Earthmoving · 2
- Facade · 2
- Drilling · 1
- Inspection · 1
- Survey · 1
Robots
Civ Robotics
Serbot
Optimotive
hyCLEANER
Leapting
Companies
- Built Robotics · San Francisco, United States · founded 2016
Aftermarket autonomy for excavators and pile drivers. The Exosystem bolts onto existing iron in a day.
- Civ Robotics · San Francisco, United States · founded 2018
CivDash autonomously stripes roads and civil sites - up to 16 miles of linework in a day, operators out of traffic.
- Xpanner · Santa Fe Springs, United States · founded 2019
Korean-founded, California-based autonomous excavation. Terrain modeling and machine control for civil cuts.
- Serbot · Sion, Switzerland · founded 2013
GEKKO facade and solar-cleaning robots. Swiss climbing gear for the elevation.
- Luminous Robotics · Boston, United States · founded 2023
LUMI S4 lays solar modules on the rack. Boston-built, already on Australian farms for Bouygues and ENGIE - the pick-and-place a crew used to do on their knees in the heat.
- Cosmic Robotics · San Francisco, United States · founded 2024
Cosmic-1A puts ~90 lb PV modules on the rack so the crew is not on the table all day. Dogpatch, San Francisco. BuiltWorlds Construction Tech 2026 Demo Day winner - live solar farms, not a booth.
- Optimotive · Windsor, Canada · founded 2020
IRIS walks the site for 3D and 360 capture so supers get as-builts without a surveyor shadowing every pour. Windsor, Ontario. EllisDon, Pomerleau, and Borea already ran it on construction and solar QA.
- Gritt · Belmont, United States · founded 2024
Physical AI attachments on skid steers and forklifts for pick-and-place, assembly, and haul on utility-scale solar and infrastructure. Belmont, California. Top-10 US EPC deployments claimed.
- Libra Robotics · Newark, United States · founded 2025
Libra-001A moves, places, aligns, and fastens PV modules so the solar crew is not on the table all day. Newark, California. YC Summer 2026. US field demos live.
- Max Robotics · Arlington, United States · founded 2023
Maximo is a tracked AI robot that places and clamps PV modules on utility-scale arrays. AES-incubated brand. Twenty megawatts-plus installed claims - service model live, not a booth demo.
- Charge Robotics · San Leandro, United States · founded 2021
Sunrise is a portable on-site bay factory that assembles and places utility-scale solar. San Leandro / Oakland. YC S21. MIT News coverage - crew model, not a paper robot.
- Planted Solar · Oakland, United States · founded 2020
Sage and the prior fleet deploy solar arrays on uneven ground so terrain does not kill the schedule. Oakland. Tens of megawatts already; Sage launches late 2026.
- ULC Technologies · Hauppauge, United States · founded 2001
Panel Setting Robot and carrier siblings set PV modules with Rosendin on utility-scale yards. Hauppauge, New York. Field trials, not a lab clip.
- Swap Robotics · Kitchener, Canada · founded 2018
Electric autonomous robots that lay solar modules - staging and vegetation siblings in the same yard. Kitchener–Waterloo. Product pages live through 2025–26.
- hyCLEANER · Gronau, Germany · founded 2010
facadeBRUSH, solarROBOT, and glassROBOT clean facades, PV, and glass roofs. Gronau since 2010. Clean Pro Expo 2026 - active customers, not a prototype.
- Leapting · Huzhou, China · founded 2019
Tracked PV module mounting robot with AFR transport sibling. Huzhou / Shanghai. pv magazine Australia Culcairn coverage.
- Solar-LIT · Xiamen, China · founded 2018
InstallerBot handles and places PV modules on utility arrays. Xiamen. Xinjiang rate claims on the product pages.
- KAICON / KZC Tech · Shenzhen, China · founded 2018
Intelligent outdoor PV module installation robot series. Shenzhen plus Ningxiang, Hunan. Inner Mongolia and Ningxia project claims.
- Sunpure Intelligent Technology · Hefei, China · founded 2017
Saturn MF400 fits and installs utility-scale PV modules on tracker and fixed-tilt. Hefei. Product and news pages live.
- Relu Robotics · Beijing, China · founded 2021
Tracked PV install robots that grip, place, and fasten modules on utility-scale farms. Zhongguancun, Beijing. Claims 60–100 panels an hour across deserts and plateaus.
- Carbon Origins · San Francisco, United States · founded 2021
Bobby is an AI + VR-supervised multipurpose compact track loader for solar, earthwork, dust control, and material handling. San Francisco roots, Minneapolis ops heritage. Hire-the-robot model on live sites.
- Trinabot · Changzhou, China · founded 2018
Buildex tracked PV install robots with onboard forklift and place arm - up to ~60 modules/hour on fixed-tilt and tracker layouts. Changzhou, Trina Solar lab pedigree. MEA/EU/AU expansion.
- BotCrew · Duluth, United States · founded 2021
Gravion is a purpose-built ultra-low-profile diesel UGV for utility-scale solar and construction yards - Duluth, MN. RaaS leases across US solar sites for cable pull, microtrench, mow, snow, and material haul with 20+ attachments.
Frequently asked questions
- Can robots install solar panels?
- Yes. Several companies build robots that place modules on trackers at utility-scale solar farms.
- Which companies are on the solar panel installation robots list?
- Future of Built lists 23 companies here, including Built Robotics, Civ Robotics, Xpanner, Serbot, Luminous Robotics, Cosmic Robotics, Optimotive and Gritt.
- Where are these companies headquartered?
- By headquarters: United States (13), China (6), Canada (2), Germany (1), Switzerland (1).
- How many of these robots are deployed?
- Of the 23 robots on this page, 17 deployed, 6 pilot, per the Future of Built file.