Industrial robotics leader and renewable energy
leader team up to develop robotics aimed at improving worker safety
and solving labor shortages
Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation (“Sarcos”) (NASDAQ:
STRC and STRCW), a leader in the design, development, and
manufacture of advanced robotic systems, solutions, and software
that redefine human possibilities, and Blattner Company
(“Blattner”), an industry-leading provider and
installer of renewable energy, announced that the companies have
entered into a collaboration agreement. The agreement focuses on
the development and refinement of Sarcos’ autonomous mobile robotic
system designed to optimize employee safety and enhance the
efficiency of the installation of photovoltaic (PV) modules for
utility-scale solar projects.
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“Like many industries, the solar construction industry is
experiencing significant worker shortages post-COVID and has not
yet recovered,” said Laura Peterson, Interim President and CEO,
Sarcos. “Our autonomous robotic solar construction system is
expected to ease these workforce challenges while improving overall
safety and speed in the solar installation process.”
Robotic technology is becoming critical to the global effort to
increase solar power output, given worker shortages and the
labor-intensive solar installation process. According to the Solar
Energy Industries Association (SEIA), annual solar installations
will need to increase by 60% through 2030 in order to meet climate
targets, which would require nearly 800,000 new solar workers to
meet this goal. Robotics hold the promise of increasing worker
productivity to mitigate labor pressures in this market while
simultaneously improving safety on the job. Blattner is committed
to finding safe and effective solutions to meet the outlined
aggressive climate targets while providing a positive and healthy
work environment for its growing project teams. This partnership
aims to satisfy both parties’ objectives.
“We are extremely optimistic about the use of robots for solar
construction to help address the workforce shortages, productivity,
and safety challenges that are currently slowing down the progress
of U.S. solar initiatives,” said Matt Hadsell, Senior
Manager-Innovation and Development, Blattner. “We are committed to
working with Sarcos to refine their autonomous robotic solar
construction system so that we can be one step closer to achieving
our nation’s clean energy goals.”
This effort will also build upon the Sarcos Outdoor Autonomous
Manipulation of Photovoltaic Panels (O-AMPP) project, which is
funded through the support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar
Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and aims to streamline the
process of solar field construction. The robotic system is being
designed and developed to deliver, detect, lift, and place PV
modules in the field with the goals of:
- Improving worker safety and productivity: The O-AMPP system
will enable a smaller installation team to install modules at a
substantially higher rate while optimizing safety.
- Improving construction speed: The O-AMPP system will enable
faster installation speeds of PV modules, often the most
labor-intensive task when constructing a PV site.
- Improving installation quality: Robotic handling of modules
will ensure that as modules are picked up and placed, they are
consistently supported and positioned, resulting in less module
breakage.
Sarcos and Blattner are collaborating to evaluate and further
refine the technology, functionality, and safety of this system
through a series of field trials that will occur over the next
several years in which Blattner will provide funding, expertise,
and facilities for testing. The companies intend to test the system
through varying environmental conditions across different sites in
preparation for Sarcos’ commercial launch of the system, currently
estimated for late 2024.
The innovative efforts of Sarcos and Blattner will lay important
groundwork for shaping the future of solar energy installation for
the industry as a whole and provide valuable data for determining
the potential of automation and workforce evolution within the
industry.
For more information on Sarcos and its robotics solutions for
the solar industry, please visit www.sarcos.com. For more
information on Blattner and its renewable energy expertise, please
visit www.blattnercompany.com.
About Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation
Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation (NASDAQ: STRC and
STRCW) designs, develops, and manufactures a broad range of
advanced mobile robotic systems, solutions, and software that
redefine human possibilities and are designed to enable the safest
most productive workforce in the world. Sarcos robotic systems
operate in challenging, unstructured, industrial environments and
include teleoperated robotic systems, a powered robotic
exoskeleton, and software solutions that enable task autonomy. For
more information, please visit www.sarcos.com and connect with us
on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/sarcos.
About Blattner
Blattner Company is Leading America to a Clean Energy Future.
With more than 115 years of construction experience, the company
has played a vital role in building America’s critical
infrastructure, ranging from railroads and highways to dams and
mines. Since 1997, Blattner has focused on renewable energy
solutions and is responsible for the construction of some of the
most significant solar, wind, transmission and energy storage
projects in the U.S. and Canada. Blattner has installed more than
25% of America’s total solar and wind energy capacity. Blattner
Company is the parent company of Blattner Energy and D.H. Blattner
& Sons, of which all are members of the Quanta Services family
of companies. Company headquarters are in Avon, Minnesota.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including future collaboration with Blattner, the expected
benefits of robotics and the Sarcos solution for the solar panel
installation market, and product development, testing and trial
plans, schedules and results. Forward-looking statements are
inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions.
Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including
statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business
strategies, events, or results of operations, are forward-looking
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expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual events, results, or performance
to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on Sarcos’ management’s
current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of
assumptions concerning future events. However, there can be no
assurance that the events, results, or trends identified in these
forward-looking statements will occur or be achieved.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made,
and Sarcos is not under any obligation and expressly disclaims any
obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
Readers should carefully review the statements set forth in the
reports which Sarcos has filed or will file from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in particular
the risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections of those
reports entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements,” for a description of risks facing
Sarcos and that could cause actual events, results or performance
to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements
contained herein. The documents filed by Sarcos with the SEC may be
obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award
Number DE-EE0009327.
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