Robots Installed with Solar Panels are Available

Global solar capacity is now surging upward

With the price of solar panels has plummeted, global solar capacity is now surging upward. Nevertheless, solar energy still accounts less than 2% of the world's total generating capacity. This is not surprising. The electricity generated by the solar panels per square meter is about 145 watts, which can only light two or three bulbs. This means that to get the benefits of solar power to be comparable to that of a large fossil fuel power plant, it should make wholesale solar panel covering area to be equivalent to 5 to 6 places like the National Mall in Washington, DC. More importantly, so many solar panels, each of which is manually installed.

Some enterprises in Germany are developing mobile robot

Currently, some enterprises in Germany, such as the PV Kraftwerker and Gehrlicher, are developing the mobile robot which is capable of automatically installing the ground assembling solar panels regardless day or night in all weather conditions. The robot designed by PV Kraftwerker is expected to be able to assemble the solar panels of the power plant level; the size of this battery plate is four times as the size of the cell panel on the family roof. This robot is developed to save labor costs The main purpose of the research and development of this robot is to save labor costs, because with the prices of the battery plates increasingly reduce, the proportions of labor costs in solar power will increases. According to PV Kraftwerker from the solar park construction company, the installation work which used to be completed by 35 workers only need three one now, time-consuming is only 1/8 than in the past. The solar module manufacturer estimates that for a solar power plant with level of 14 megawatts, the cost for manually installing the battery plates is about $ 2 million. If this work is to do by the robot, the cost can be reduced by nearly half. The company also said that this robot priced at $ 900,000 can recover the cost being continuously used for less than a year. So far, the robot developed by PV Kraftwerker can only do one thing: place the battery plate on the metal rack which has been installed by human. It also needs two workers walking next to the robot, and fix the battery plates with screws on the metal rack and switch on the circuit.

The application of the robot during the installation process may become increasingly common

However, with the other components of the robot gradually becomes automated, the application of the robot during the installation process may become increasingly common. The PV Kraftwerker and other same type companies are also developing another robot, which can carve hole on the ground guided by the Global Positioning System (GPS), then mount 500 watt solar panels inside, so that it doesn't need human workers to install the metal frame. Some relatively new type of solar cell module doesn't need human to fix by screws, which may be "arrested" into or glued into position. Specially designed plug even allows the robot to make an electrical connection.

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