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RPD 35

Built Robotics RPD 35 is a robotic pile driver for utility-scale solar construction, combining autonomous pile driving with an integrated survey workflow.

Facts

Company
Built Robotics
Product type
construction_robot
Status
commercial
Primary capability
Autonomous solar pile driving
Website
https://www.builtrobotics.com/solutions/solar-piling

About RPD 35

RPD 35 is a 144,000 lb autonomous piling system built on a Caterpillar 335 excavator base. A 40,000 lb-force vibratory hammer installs steel piles, while two sleds carry as many as 224 mixed piles for autonomous distribution. RPD 35 handles pile lengths of 9–20 feet, weights up to 1,000 lb and W6, W8 and W10 cross sections.

RTK positioning, inertial sensing and machine vision locate each foundation point and guide the hammer, combining survey, pile distribution, driving and as-built data capture in one sequence. Refusal detection flags piles that exceed the defined threshold and allows the robot to continue through the plan. Built supplies the equipment through a robot-as-a-service model with mobilisation, field support, remote monitoring and an eight-layer safety system.

Market context

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Summary

Type: Construction robot

Core: Solar pile driving

Function: Pile installation

Audience: Solar EPCs

Specifications

cycle_time_s
<100 s pile driving cycle s
pile_length_range_m
5.79-9.14 m supported pile length range m
positioning_accuracy_cm
1 cm RTK GPS positioning cm
workflow
Integrated survey and robotic regrip workflow

Operations

Environment
construction_site, outdoor
Primary user
solar_epc, construction_crew
Role
pile_installation, solar_foundation_construction
Interaction model
supervised_autonomy, crew_supervised_robotic_equipment
Mobility class
tracked_mobile_equipment
Product detail
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