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Maximo at Kern County

Maximo is an AI-enabled solar installation robot developed by AES Corporation that automates the heavy lifting and placement of solar panels at utility-scale solar projects. It uses AI-powered computer vision for precise panel placement and can install panels in half the time and half the cost of traditional methods.

Maximo has been validated in the field across multiple US project sites and has installed 100 MW of solar capacity at the Bellefield project in Kern County, California.

Maximo by AES Corporation · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Construction robots

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Four Maximo v3.0 solar-installation robots installed 100 MW of solar modules at the AES Bellefield project, a roughly 1 GW solar complex in Kern County, California. AES reported the robots exceeded a rate of one module per minute, described as the first at-scale robotic solar panel installation. AES Corporation owns and operates the project; Maximo is the AES-incubated robot.

Key facts

Site
AES Bellefield solar project (about 1 GW), Kern County, California
Units
Four Maximo v3.0 robots
Scope milestone
100 MW of modules installed
Rate
Exceeded one module per minute
Significance
First at-scale robotic solar panel installation (per AES)

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
commercial 10 99

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Maximo at Kern County.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Maximo
Company
AES Corporation
Location
United States/California/Kern County
Operator
AES Corporation
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
11 to 100 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2026-03-01
ID
b10af3d5-d333-491f-9254-2b26f6f1a976

Timeline

  1. Mar 2026
    First recorded
    Maximo first documented operating at Kern County.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/robots-install-100-mw-of-solar-panels-on-1-gw-aes-project/ · 2026-03-25
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: construction

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unclassified
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Common questions

What is the Maximo deployment at Kern County?
Maximo, built by AES Corporation, is recorded as a deployment at Kern County on the DEPLOY registry. AES Corporation operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Maximo at Kern County?
AES Corporation, the manufacturer of Maximo, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Maximo deployment at Kern County go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting March 1, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Maximo deployment at Kern County?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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