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Xpanner launches autonomous pile driver for solar farm contruction

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Xpanner launches autonomous pile driver for solar farm contruction

The Xpanner X1 Piling R6 is an automated pile-driving system for utility-scale solar and battery energy storage sites. | Credit: Xpanner

Xpanner today announced the X1 Piling R6, a fully automated pile-driving robot built to autonomously install posts for utility-scale solar and battery energy storage, or BESS, sites. Supervised by a single operator, the system uses high-precision GNSS and onboard sensors to place each pile accurately, helping builders keep pace with new power demand despite a shortage of skilled crews.

The core of the robot is Xpanner’s Everstar R6 crawler base machine. The R6 is equipped with the Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based company‘s automation stack with onboard sensors and controls to autonomously complete the pile driving process for each post.

An operator uploads a plan, then walks X1 Piling R6 machine to the row using a remote control interface. The operator supervises the construction as the machine drives each pile accurately.

The R6 can autonomously navigate to the subsequent pile locations using high-precision GNSS antennas and receivers, precision sensors, and the Xpanner-developed automation controller. One operator can remotely manage the installation process.

“Solar and BESS builders are racing to bring new power online for the grid and for AI data centers, and they can’t find enough skilled crews to keep up,” said Henri Lee, co-founder and CEO of Xpanner. “X1 lets one operator drive every pile plumb with a single touch, keeps people away from the mast, and logs each pile as it goes in.



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