Solar panel cleaning robot can be dropped off and picked up by drone

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I've seen crows use tools

how well does it work on a snow-covered 8/12 roof pitch?

Roomba, anyone?

ahahahhha :)

That could be very helpful, take Insight for example, the sand covered it's solar panels and rendered them useless, if we sent this tech along with Insight the probe could survive for a much longer time. Of course we would have to make major improvements to the little dust mite.

mmm_machiavelli mask_bastard ScottAdamsSays so one solar cleaning robot walks up to another solar cleaning robot and says 'Remember when there were humans? that was some crazy business bro'

Is it solar powered?

Does that 15% account for the power used to power the robots?

Can we call the robot and the drone by names dust harvester and carryall?

Sounds pricey..

DowloaderBot

SaveVidBot

How much is this beauty?

SilverAednik

Test it in Israel

すごいね〜!

Are they good at clearing snow and ice too

Does it work on Mars? Asking for a friend.

Wall-E? 🥹

That looks like it would take hours why not just a jiant wiper with water jets that goes from one end to the other on a rail

Man currently in ICU after attempting to have autonomous robot clean his balls

They could increase electricity generation several fold if they could handle snow :)

Watch this and you will learn why solar panels ARE NOT as efficient as they claim. I got a quote for solar on my roof which is positioned perfectly for maximum solar efficiency. After you lose 15% because of dirty panels and other losses and it made zero financial sense. 😠😠

How much cleaning would it require

cool

Robotics or solar energy is the right topic for this tweet.

Love the Innovations of modern technology in a dying Planet because there's just too many damn f****** people. Keep popping out them babies like they'll actually have a future.

it all depend on how muc they cost and their own maintenance

The choice of the wrong path of energy development always leads to superfluous maintenance costs. Drones, autonomous robots are terrible. A cheap magnetic perpetuum mobile does not require such trouble.

Cool!

Yeah! Dune 2 Carryall!

Super technology 😊

15 per what?

Proving that human shaped robots are not needed? Specialized robotics always better?

If you live in ca this is a must

Bruh it almost fell off at the end lol

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This is important

This is dumb in so may ways.

This panel may be around longer than humanity

This could be a job for people replaced by machines in the workplace.

This begs the question why do the rovers on Mars not have miniature bots like these that can go in and out of a small compartment when needed to keep them clean

Reminds me of MO

how well do they work on snow on an 8/12 Roof Pitch?

If the drone can carry the machine and the machine has the suction system and drive system just to keep it on the panels, why not use the drone to clean the panels?

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Mars Rover should have had one.

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