This Autonomous Robot Can Build Solar Farms 3-5 Times Faster Than Human Crews
What if a giant autonomous robot could construct structures faster than an entire human crew? A California-based startup has developed a construction robot that can speed up various processes involved in the construction of solar farms.
Usually, building a solar farm is a long-drawn process that can take years, even after all formalities are complete. To make the switch to clean energy, governments around the world are increasingly pushing solar power as a viable alternative.
More efficiency?
The RPD 35, created by Built Robotics can improve the pace of solar pile installation - a key component to build solar farms. Such heavy steel beams, as UberGizmo reported, go eight feet under the ground to serve as the foundation for the solar array.
By carrying over 200 piles in a single go, this autonomous robot does the work of an entire crow at least thrice as fast. With the ability to drop one pile every 73 seconds, the robot can achieve labour-intensive tasks in a shorter time.
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That's not all! The robot is also able to precisely place these piles into the intended location by relying on GPS. As FreeThink pointed out, this means that constructing a 250MW solar farm (capable of powering 1,00,000 homes) with about 300 piles per day can be achieved with three-five times more efficiency than current methods.
The same startup has also built an automation system that may be integrated into commercial excavators to trench underground cables. While this system is already available to buy, the new autonomous robot will be available to buy by the end of this year.
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With the advent of AI-powered robots, many labour-intensive tasks could be replaced in the near-future. Even then, the technology isn't robust enough to operate without a crew. Even this robot needs a two-person crew to install 300 piles per day.
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