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Google, Bill Gates's fund invests $31.8M in California startup aiming to build solar farm using robots

Solar plants are currently being touted as the future bitcoins for economies and the environment. As futuristic as the approach towards them may be, they still rely on a process that is extremely traditional. Teams arrive at the site, move structures and install thousands of components to make up a structure that can span hundreds of acres. According to an article published by PowerMag, while panels have become cheaper and more efficient, the way they are installed continues to be plagued by labour, land, steel and time bottlenecks.

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