Product profile
Maximo
Maximo is AES’s solar-construction robot for automated photovoltaic-module installation. AES describes cameras, computer vision and LiDAR on a tracked base...
Facts
- Company
- AES Corporation
- Product type
- construction_robot
- Status
- pilot
- Primary capability
- automated solar module installation
- Website
- https://www.aes.com/about-us/innovation/maximo
About Maximo
Maximo is AES’s solar-construction robot for automated photovoltaic-module installation. AES describes cameras, computer vision and LiDAR on a tracked base, a mobile LiFePO4 microgrid, two-person operation and testing across nearly 10 MW of solar projects.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Construction robot
Core: Solar modules
Function: Module installation
Audience: Solar EPCs
Specifications
- base_mobility
- Tracked
- installation_mechanism
- Upper arm places modules; lower arm tightens clamps
- inter_row_mobility
- Human-assisted and skid-steer towing between rows
- module_compatibility
- Adaptable to solar modules, clamps, rails and trackers
- operator_count
- Two-person operation people
- power_storage
- LiFePO4 mobile microgrid
- safety_system
- Person detection with automatic stop
- sensing
- Cameras, computer vision and LiDAR
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor solar construction sites
- Primary user
- solar EPC and installation crews
- Role
- solar module placement, clamp fastening
- Interaction model
- two-person supervised operation
- Mobility class
- tracked mobile manipulator, towed between rows
- Product detail
- robot, 1600, 900, 95724e5dfe5c13098ee3e3abe4cd46da40d9534921f20602cf1b7b73cb63bd9c, reviewed_16x9_source_media, Solar Construction Mobile Manipulator, https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/9b61dfb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1999x1125%2B1%2B0/resize/2640x1486%21/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famazon-blogs-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcb%2Ffa%2Fae83a867482eb453b0c042c19992%2Fhero001-maximo-max-04302806.jpg, clean_photo_or_studio_fallback, https://www.aes.com/about-us/innovation/maximo, h...
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Maximo completes 100 MW of robotic solar installation at AES' Bellefield complex — 2026-03-25
- AES Clean Energy secures a $700 million revolving credit facility for 2 GW of U.S. project construction — 2025-04-16
- AES launches Maximo, its AI-enabled solar installation robot — 2024-07-30
- AES partners with AI Fund to co-build AI-driven energy companies — 2024-06-27
- AES partners with 5B to scale deployment of the MAVERICK solar platform — 2020-07-30