Maximo Completes 300,000th Construction Task — SkimNews
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- Maximo completed its 300,000th construction task following last summer’s completion of the first half of Amazon’s Bellefield complex.
- Maximo version 3.0 crews installed as many as 24 solar-panel modules per hour, per person, nearly doubling the output of traditional methods at similar solar sites throughout Southern California.
- Maximo developers used NVIDIA AI infrastructure, Omniverse libraries and Isaac Sim’s physics-based simulation to test and refine robotic capabilities before field deployment; the combined workflow reduced development and validation timelines and increased confidence as the fleet scaled.
- AWS powered Maximo’s development, deployment and operation through scalable computing, automated software delivery and real-time construction intelligence, while operational robotics data supported continuous performance improvements.
- Amazon’s Bellefield deployment of Maximo is part of a utility-scale solar project set to exceed 1 GW of generating capacity; the source links rapid panel deployment at such projects to lower carbon footprint and savings as fossil-fuel prices climb.
- Primoris’ Maximo team plans to extend the robots beyond solar into comparable pick-and-place, feeding and attaching movements, site logistics and site cleanup.
- Matt Tetrault, President of Primoris’ Renewables business, said the future of solar construction depends on bringing together the experience of people and new technology.
Why it matters: For Primoris and solar builders confronting huge labor shortages, Maximo’s 24 modules per hour, per person—nearly double traditional output—offers a direct productivity gain at comparable Southern California sites. Its planned expansion into logistics and cleanup also broadens the system’s operational value beyond solar-panel installation.
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