Robots are being used by a Bill Gates-backed business to construct massive solar arrays.
According to a press release, $44 million has been invested in the solar startup Terabase Energy by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses on finding solutions to climate change and is backed by people like Bill Gates.
The venture capital firm, which is well-known for its support of Amp Robotics and Lime, co-led the Terabase purchase with investor Prelude Ventures. With this round, Terabase Energy's funding has reached $52 million.
The co-founder and CEO of the business, Matt Campbell, claims that Terabase Energy's objective is to construct robotic solar farms on a "terawatt scale."
The construction of solar farms is accelerated by automation.
Large solar panels are lifted and attached to sun trackers by robotic arms in the company's automated on-site f...