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Maximo at Kern County, California, USA

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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Maximo fleet of 4 robots installed 100 MW of solar capacity at the Bellefield solar-plus-storage project (2 GW total), the largest solar-plus-storage project in the US, under contract with Amazon.

Key facts

Fleet size
4 units
Capacity installed
100 MW

Safety record

No incidents on record for Maximo at Kern County, California, USA.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-17
Model
Maximo
Company
AES Corporation
Location
Kern County, California, USA
Operator
AES Corporation
Status
operational
First seen
2024-08-01
ID
3b94938e-569e-4797-94b9-f475ccdb40f8

Timeline

  1. Aug 2024
    First recorded
    Maximo first documented operating at Kern County, California, USA.
  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. AES Maximo robot installs 100 megawatts of solar capacity · https://www.therobotreport.com/aes-maximo-robot-installs-100-megawatts-of-solar-capacity/ · 2024-08-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-17

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: construction

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Common questions

What is the Maximo deployment at Kern County, California, USA?
Maximo, built by AES Corporation, is recorded as a deployment at Kern County, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. AES Corporation operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Maximo at Kern County, California, USA?
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, California, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting August 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Maximo deployment at Kern County, California, USA?
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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