Dive Summary:

• QBotix has invented a solar solution that maximized output and could lower balance-of-system costs in ground-mounted PV installations.
• The solution uses rail-mounted robots that adjust each solar tracker every 40 minutes, potentially improving kilowatt-hours by up to 25 percent.
• The startup has a test deployment in California and claims it will have its first commercial deployment this month, possibly as part of larger solar power plants.

From the article:

QBotix has a genuinely innovative solar solution that maximizes output and could lower balance-of-system costs in ground-mounted PV installations. The startup has invented a two-axis tracker system where the motors, instead of being installed two per tracker, are moved around by a rail-mounted robot that adjusts each tracker every 40 minutes, resulting in an enormous reduction in the number of (failure-prone) motors. ...