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Swap Robotics

Corporate marketagricultureCurated record

HAX/SOSV portfolio; category creator of solar robotics platforms. Builds 100% electric, fully autonomous outdoor robots for utility-scale solar O&M: vegetation management (rough-cut grass/shrub cutting with offsettable decks) and solar panel installation. Hardware and software designed in-house; robots operate autonomously across large solar sites, delivering 10-20% cost savings from day one. 65+ robots deployed with tens of thousands of autonomous outdoor kilometers logged. 90% of revenue is US-based (Florida and Texas priority markets).

HeadquartersKitchener, CA
Founded2019
Corporate funding$22M
Team11-50
Deployments2
Open roles4
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StagePre-Series A
FoundersTim Lichti (CEO), Mohamed H. Ahmed (CTO), Spencer Kschesinski (Machine Design Lead), Adonis Mansour (Electrical Design Lead)
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS, CA
Service footprintHQ: 809 Wellington St. N, Kitchener, ON, Canada; primary deployments in Florida and Texas solar farms; pursuing pan-North American scale via ARRAY Technologies partnership
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineagriculture

Swap Solar Cutter

  • 100% electric, fully autonomous outdoor vegetation management robot for utility-scale solar farms

    vendor-stated zero-emissions autonomous cutting platform

    Claim source
  • 10–20% cost savings from Day 1 vs conventional vegetation management; deployment start within 30 days

    vendor-stated operational cost reduction and mobilisation time for solar farm operators

    Claim source
Machineagriculture

Swap Solar Installer

  • 100% electric autonomous PV module installation robot; each crew member installs 2–4× more modules per day vs manual method

    vendor-stated productivity gain using Swap module-laying robot

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2025-06-03Silicon Ranchutility-scale solar farm (vegetation management)USNot disclosedAnnouncement
2022-10-01SOLV Energysolar O&MUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordSOLV EnergySOSV / HAXSilicon RanchARRAY Technologies
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles4

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-06-03Silicon Ranch makes strategic investment; Swap robots maintaining thousands of solar acres with dozens of deployed units at Silicon Ranch facilitiesSilicon Ranch
2024-11-18ARRAY Technologies announces $3M strategic investment; agreement includes two additional $1M milestone tranches tied to deployment targetsARRAY Technologies
2023-02-01Raised $7M seed round led by SOLV Energy, with SOSV/HAX participationSolar Magazine
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Source ledger

8 unique public sources