Cleaning robots

Solar panel cleaning robot

A robot that drives along rows of solar panels brushing off dust, with or without water.

Good at

Dusty, large solar farms where cleaning often matters for output.

Watch out for

Fixed rail systems suit one site layout; small home roofs rarely justify one.

Specs that matter for this type

  • Coverage rate
  • Weight
  • Runtime / flight time
  • Cleaning width
  • Ingress protection (IP)
  • Operating temperature

Jobs it does

Usually the main robot for

Models we've catalogued

How to read this. Specs come from each maker's own spec page or datasheet, with the link and the date we checked it. Blank means the maker doesn't publish it (or we haven't found it). Scores are a whirrwork assessment, not a lab test: we only score a model when independent trials or tests exist. Methodology.

ModelWeightRuntime / flight timeCleaning widthAssessment
SolarCleano F1
SolarCleano
82 kg120 min1,200 mmNot enough evidence to rate
SolarCleano M1
SolarCleano
49 kg180 min800 mmNot enough evidence to rate
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Also called: solar cleaning robot.