Orange County company develops autonomous robot to simplify solar farm construction

An Orange County company is using an autonomous robotic system to install solar panels. The company says the technology isn’t taking away jobs, and instead, is filling gaps in a labor shortage.

Generally, a solar farm is built on about 10 acres of unshaded land in direct sunlight, and construction takes about a year. Finding a willing workforce is no easy task, given the difficulties of the job.

Rosendin Electric in Orange County, however, is using an autonomous robotic system to install solar panels at a solar farm. They say the technology is not taking away jobs, but rather, it’s filling gaps in a labor shortage when it comes to hard labor in harsh weather…

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