Taypro Autonomous Waterless Solar Panel Cleaning Robots

TAYPRO Private Limited was incorporated in July 2019 in Pune, India, and designs, manufactures and services autonomous solar panel cleaning robots for utility-scale plants. It addresses soiling losses, which the company puts at 8 to 25% of output on Indian utility plants, together with the water, labour and tanker logistics needed for manual cleaning.

Its GLYDE and NYUMA robots clean rows autonomously on fixed-tilt and seasonal-tilt structures, with X versions for single-axis trackers; GLYDE uses a waterless dual pass of airflow and microfiber. HELYX is a semi-automatic pick-and-place robot for scattered blocks, and CRADYL docking stations move robots between rows. Cleaning is scheduled using AI and weather predictions, and every cycle is logged in the NECTYR fleet portal with dashboards, schedules, robot health, tickets and coverage maps. Buyers can purchase robots with an annual maintenance contract or pay per panel cleaned under an opex service.

• GLYDE and GLYDE-X: autonomous waterless dual-pass robots for fixed-tilt plants and single-axis trackers.
• NYUMA and NYUMA-X: autonomous single-pass brush robots cleaning about 3,600 modules per charge.
• HELYX: semi-automatic pick-and-place robot for scattered or distributed blocks.
• CRADYL docking: battery-powered station that transfers robots between rows.
• NECTYR portal: fleet scheduling, robot health, tickets, coverage maps and data exports.
• AI scheduling: cleaning cycles planned around weather forecasts with automatic weather holds.

Utility-scale solar farms in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan could deploy autonomous waterless robots during the dry season to limit soiling losses. O&M contractors could offer a pay-per-panel cleaning service to plant owners without upfront capital. Plants on single-axis trackers could use the X series robots designed for tracker rows.

Waterless cleaning removes the need for water tankers and makes cleaning possible where water is scarce. Robots clean on schedule at night or during weather windows, and published projects report gains such as about 7.5 GWh per year at a 200 MW site with 272 robots. The company cites a typical capex payback of 12 to 18 months, while the pay-per-panel opex model avoids upfront robot cost. NECTYR gives owners auditable cleaning logs and remote diagnostics.

Large solar fleets in dusty, dry regions are moving from manual washing to robotic, waterless cleaning to protect yield and reduce water use. Vietnam's south-central coast has dry seasons and dust exposure similar to many Indian plant sites, and rising labour costs and water constraints make autonomous cleaning increasingly relevant for utility-scale owners in the region.

TAYPRO Private Limited was incorporated on 16 July 2019 by Yogesh Kudale, Tejas Memane, Akshay Auti and Abhishek Masurkar, with headquarters in Pune and a factory in Chakan. Hardware is TUV NORD certified. Ranked first among robotic module cleaning suppliers in India for 2024 with a 27.5% share (Mercom India) and won Gold at the Mint Tech4Good Awards 2024. Reports more than 150 live sites and capacity of 600+ robots per month.