From the Robotics Newsletter:
Robots Are Building Solar Farms
| Gritt, a startup founded by two Carnegie Mellon roboticists, exited stealth this week with $32 million in funding to deploy robots that build solar infrastructure. The Series A was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures and Active Impact Investment. |
| The pitch is straightforward: the global solar build-out is hitting a labor ceiling. Gritt’s AI-powered systems attach to off-the-shelf skidders and robotic arms, then handle the heavy lifting of unloading panels, carrying them to frames, and positioning them with sub-millimeter accuracy. An eight-person crew that typically installs 800 panels per day can hit 3,000 to 4,000 panels daily with Gritt’s system. |
