LEAPTING has completed the first commercial installation using its ‘Automatic Navigation PV module mounting robot’ in the Australian state of New South Wales, achieving the installation of nearly ten thousand modules, while significantly reducing the original construction schedule.
The completion of the project not only marks a significant breakthrough for the company in the Australian market, but also establishes the first commercial deployment in the field of intelligent module installation.
As modules enter the era of high-power, their size has significantly increased, with weights now exceeding 30 kilograms, placing higher demands on traditional manual handling and installation methods. Large-scale power stations are also increasingly located in remote areas with harsh construction environments, adding safety risks and uncertainties during the construction process.
Based on such challenges, the project owner chose to collaborate with LEAPTING, given the company’s specialization in intelligent robotic solutions. The module mounting robot is equipped with advanced automatic navigation systems and high-precision visual recognition technology, enabling it to adapt to various complex terrains and environmental conditions.
It achieves real-time sensing and identification of the power station infrastructure environment through the integration of high-precision intelligent perception systems, visual recognition algorithms and multimodal 3D sensors, accurately determining the installation position and angle of the modules and precisely aligning them onto the supports. The installation process for a large module can be completed in just 1 minute, with efficiency increasing by between 3 to 5 times when compared to manual labour.
LEAPTING will be involved with further large-scale power station projects in Australia in early May, the infrastructure construction of this new round of projects involving the installation of half a million modules.
