Luminous

Luminous builds robot fleets for large-scale solar farm construction. Its systems automate repetitive heavy lifting of solar panels to improve installation speed, safety and cost in utility-scale projects.

Facts

Segment: Construction
Country: United States
Website: https://www.luminous.solar/

Timeline

2025-07-02 - Award - Luminous selected for $4.9M ARENA Solar ScaleUp award - The project planned the first full-fleet deployment of five LUMI robots at two Australian utility-scale solar farms. LUMI autonomously places solar modules onto racking while workers complete the final securing process. Luminous partnered with Equans for… - source: arena.gov.au

Team

Jay Shah - Co-Founder and CEO - Shah leads Luminous Robotics as it develops robotic automation for utility-scale solar-farm construction.

Relations

Australian Renewable Energy Agency - Solar Scaleup Lumi Demonstration - ARENA selected Luminous for $4.9 million to demonstrate its LUMI solar-installation robots in Australia.
Equans - Australian Deployment Partner - Luminous partnered with Equans to deploy LUMI robots at two Australian solar farms.