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Luminous Robotics

Robots that install panels on utility-scale solar farms

Raised to date

$1.3M

of $2M offered across 1 Form D filing

Still open
$720K
Investors
11
Last filed
Apr 30, 2026

About

Luminous Robotics is a South Boston robotics company founded in 2023 that automates utility-scale solar farm construction. Its LUMI robots are tracked, autonomous machines that move pallets of solar modules and place the panels onto racking so human crews no longer perform the heavy, repetitive lifting. The platform combines computer vision, AI, custom grasping hardware, and fleet-management software, and adapts to different panel types, racking systems, and terrain. Robots have been deployed with Nexamp in Massachusetts and on ENGIE's Goorambat East solar farm in Victoria, Australia, and the company won a grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's Solar ScaleUp program.

LUMI augments the existing installation crew instead of replacing it, so developers get roughly 3.5x faster module placement without heavy lifting and without redesigning their construction workflow or site.

Funding

  • DebtFiled Apr 30, 2026Form D
    $1.3M/ $2M

Product

LUMI

Construction and field robotics

A tracked autonomous robot for solar module installation that picks up ~80 lb solar panels and places them onto racking on utility-scale sites, working alongside human installation crews. The line has iterated through S1, S2, S3, and S4 generations.

  • Computer vision and AI-based panel handling
  • Custom grasping hardware for ~80 lb modules
  • Fleet-management software for multi-robot deployments

Built for

Utility-scale solar developers, EPCs, and independent power producers building large PV farms

People on file