US 2026/0249471 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ALIGNING AND CONNECTION OF SOLAR MODULES AND GROUND STRUCTURES

Abstract

A system and method for automatic aligning and connection of solar modules and ground structures. Installation of a solar module to a ground structure can be both labor-intensive and time-intensive. The system and method performs one or more automatic operations that may be used to install the solar module to the ground structure, including automatically orienting fasteners into a predetermined orientation; automatically moving one or both of the solar module or a part of the ground structure so that the solar module and the part of the ground structure are physically contacting/aligned; and automatically fixedly connecting the solar module and the part of the ground structure together using the fasteners with predetermined orientation.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of, in combination, automatically moving a solar module into alignment with ground structure and automatically fastening the solar module to the ground structure, the method comprising:

automatically moving, using at least one perception system, the solar module into alignment with the ground structure;
and
automatically fastening, using the at least one perception system, the solar module that is aligned to the ground structure;
wherein automatically moving and automatically fastening are performed in combination.

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A system configured to perform, in combination, automatically moving a solar module into alignment with ground structure and automatically fastening the solar module to the ground structure, the system comprising:

at least one solar module movement system to move the solar module;
at least one fastening system to fasten the solar module to the ground structure;
at least one perception system;
and
at least one controller in communication with the at least one solar module movement system and the at least one fastening system, the at least one controller configured to:
automatically control, using the at least one perception system, the at least one solar module movement system to move the solar module into alignment with the ground structure;
and
automatically control, using the at least one perception system, the at least one fastening system to fasten the solar module that is aligned to the ground structure;
wherein the at least one controller is configured to control automatically moving and automatically fastening to be performed in combination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/549,887Filed 25 Feb 2026

Priority

25 Feb 2025

Published

27 Aug 2026

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

B25J 9/1687
Characterised by the tasks executed: assembly, peg and hole, palletising, straight line, weaving pattern movement
H02S 20/10
Supporting structures for PV modules: supporting structures directly fixed to the ground
B25J 5/00
Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
B25J 9/1697
Characterised by use of sensors other than normal servo-feedback from position, speed or acceleration sensors, perception control, multi-sensor…:…

System and method for automatic aligning and connection of solar modules and ground structures

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System and method for automatic aligning and connection of solar modules and ground structures

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