LEAPTING's Auto-Navigation Forklift Robot for utility-scale solar

status: watch, opened 2026-10-18, last moved 2026-10-18. Robots industrial solar

• 2026-10-18 (~9:38 AM ET, Electrek — https://electrek.co/2026/10/18/e-quipment-highlight-leapting-launches-electric-autonomous-forklift/): LEAPTING launches its battery-powered Auto-Navigation Forklift Robot (AFR), an electric autonomous forklift pitched at speeding up large utility-scale solar installation work, in the outlet's "E-quipment highlight" series. Debut thread on the record; a Chinese vendor automating heavy construction machinery, adjacent to the China industrial-shift lane. No pricing, named customer, quantity commitments, or shipping status in view — "launch" may mean unveiled rather than fielded. Watch: a named deployment.