Rosendin to Demonstrate Robotic Solar Installers at Texas Job Site

Rosendin, the nation’s largest employee-owned electrical contracting company with one of the fastest-growing renewable energy programs, announces a major breakthrough in solar construction technology. The company will demonstrate its new autonomous robotic solution for photovoltaic (PV) solar module installation on April 17, 2025. This innovative 3-piece robotic system will transform utility-scale solar projects by tripling installation speeds, enhancing worker safety, and addressing the industry’s persistent labor shortage, according to the press release. 

Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group (RREG) will host the live exhibition at a large-scale solar energy project under construction in West Texas. Operators will demonstrate the robot’s features, which include autonomous operations, obstacle detection, and avoidance using LiDar, maneuverability across uneven terrain, and precise positioning of PV panels within 2mm using GPS and KMZ mapping. A real-time demonstration will show how skilled electrical teams work alongside the robotic system, collaboratively installing PV panels faster, safer, and more efficiently.

Field testing on a similar solar project in Danevang, Texas, achieved an installation rate equaling 350 to 400 modules per eight hour shift with a two man crew working collaboratively with the robots; three times the rate of a standard three to four person crew installing modules manually. 

“We created a solution that will revolutionize the installation of renewable energy facilities worldwide by providing a safer, faster, repeatable, and more cost-effective means of deploying solar installations in remote locations,” said David Lincoln, Rosendin Senior Vice President. “Countless hours have been spent developing and testing the technology at utility-scale solar facilities, resulting in a robotics system that will assist electricians and reduce the risk of workforce injuries while addressing the construction industry’s decades-long workforce shortage.”

Developers and business leaders from renewable, manufacturing, and construction industries, as well as technology and private equity, are invited to witness the demonstration and learn about broad business opportunities.