Luminous Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-13 - Contract Award - Luminous receives up to AUD17.8M ARENA support for Melbourne robot production - The project targets approximately 100 LUMI robots by 2029. The manufacturing expansion follows ARENA-supported field demonstrations at solar farms in Victoria and New South Wales. - source: arena.gov.au
• 2025-07-02 - Award - Luminous selected for $4.9M ARENA Solar ScaleUp award - The project planned the first full-fleet deployment of five LUMI robots at two Australian utility-scale solar farms. LUMI autonomously places solar modules onto racking while workers complete the final securing process. Luminous partnered with Equans for… - source: arena.gov.au