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"A US-based robotics firm has become the first recipient of funding from a $100
million Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) program to back innovative
technologies that can slash the cost of building large scale solar projects.
The Boston-based robotics pioneer Luminous will receive $4.9 million from
Arena’s Solar ScaleUp Challenge, which it will use to demonstrate their Lumi
robot, an AI-powered, “empathy-first” robot that helps “pick and place” solar
panels during construction.
Lumi is a four-wheel robot with a robotic arm – supplied by Swiss firm Stäubli
Robotics – that its developers say is capable of millimetre-level precision
grasping and placing solar modules onto racking structures, reducing manual
labour and accelerating installation speed.
Onsite workers are still required to complete the final securing process, but
Lumi literally does all of the heavy lifting onsite, regardless of weather or
terrain."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
