CivDot is a four-wheeled robot that can mark up to 3,000 layout points per day and is accurate within 8 millimeters. Bechtel Corporation is using the robots on rugged terrain in Texas and Nevada. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Energy companies say a labor shortage is one big obstacle to installing more solar power. They’re turning to machines to speed things up. By Brad Plumer The companies racing to build large solar farms ...

Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk has touted an "Optimus Academy" to train the automaker's Optimus humanoid robots. Optimus Academy In a new interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, alongside Stripe ...

How Nate Beckett describes Planted Solar’s robots sounds like the start of a bad joke: What happens when you marry what looks like an industrial-sized toothpick dispenser with a similarly-sized nail ...

AES Corporation introduces Maximo, an AI-powered robot that installs solar panels. The company said Maximo will help speed up renewable energy transition and wouldn't replace humans. Big tech ...

CALLAHAN COUNTY — The idea for a “solar robot” started several years ago as a sketch on a cocktail napkin in a hotel lobby. Fast forward to mid-April and Rosendin Electric Senior Vice President David ...

Rosendin, an electrical contracting company, announced that its Renewable Energy Group (RREG) will demonstrate its new autonomous robotic solution for solar module installation on April 17 in West ...

Forward-looking: A new chapter in materials science is unfolding at MIT, where researchers have developed a fully autonomous robotic system designed to accelerate the search for advanced ...

What’s smaller than a grain of salt, smarter than most lab equipment, and can run for months without a recharge? According to Marc Miskin, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, it’s ...