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Business Wire
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Nextracker Launches New AI and Robotics Business with Technology Acquisitions and New Executive Appointment
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nextracker (Nasdaq: NXT), a leading solar technology platform provider, today announced the launch of a new AI and robotics business initiative, anchored by the appointment of its first chief AI and robotics officer and a series of strategic technology acquisitions. Over the past four quarters, the company has invested over $40 million to acquire three AI and robotics technologies. These acquisitions strengthen Nextracker's end-to-end digital platform and enhance solar power plant deployment, quality, reliability, and long-term return on investment (ROI) for asset owners. 'With millions of sensors and control nodes already deployed over approximately 100 GW of operating systems in 40 countries, Nextracker has a unique opportunity to harness AI and robotics at scale,' said Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker. Share Nextracker has appointed Dr. Francesco Borrelli as chief AI and robotics officer, a newly created executive role focused on advancing the company's global AI and robotics strategy. A pioneer in predictive control systems, Dr. Borrelli brings decades of experience developing and commercializing autonomous technologies across robotics, automotive, and industrial sectors. In his new role, he will lead the integration of AI, machine learning, and advanced robotics into Nextracker's products and solutions to support global scalability and long-term innovation. 'With millions of sensors and control nodes already deployed over approximately 100 GW of operating systems in 40 countries, Nextracker has a unique opportunity to harness AI and robotics at scale,' said Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker. 'Dr. Borelli brings the vision and expertise to lead this evolution, allowing us to deliver deeper insights, timely and incisive actions, and greater customer ROI across our global technology platform.' 'Scaling solar to meet global energy demand requires a new level of autonomy in how we build and operate power plants,' said Dr. Borrelli. 'I'm excited to join Nextracker in this role and help lead the integration of AI and robotics—turning field data into real-time action that drives solar plant performance, reduces risk, and accelerates deployment.' As a key component of its digital and robotics technology platform, Nextracker acquired OnSight Technology, a pioneer in autonomous robotic inspection and fire detection systems for solar power plants. OnSight's AI-driven tools enable predictive maintenance by identifying and forecasting common mechanical and electrical failures—helping asset owners reduce operational risk, improve uptime, and manage site health proactively. OnSight's team of robotics engineers, field operations specialists, and product developers have joined Nextracker, and OnSight products are now commercially available in the U.S. with a global rollout planned for next year. 'Joining Nextracker is an exciting new chapter for OnSight Technology,' said Derek Chase, CEO of OnSight. 'From day one, our mission has been to bring advanced robotics and intelligence into the solar field. Together with Nextracker, we can deliver smarter diagnostics at scale to improve response time, reduce risk, and strengthen ROI.' Nextracker also announced two previously undisclosed complementary acquisitions: SenseHawk IP (August 2024): IP that enables the creation of high-resolution 3D as-built maps of solar project sites using AI-enabled drone-captured imagery. The maps support precise geolocation and digital model alignment to enhance site commissioning and integration with optimization software such as TrueCapture®. Amir Robotics (March 2025): Developer of a lightweight, water-free robotic cleaning technology designed for daily operation at large-scale solar sites. This innovative solution will be integrated into Nextracker's existing data infrastructure to reduce soil-related yield loss and is currently being tested at several commercial sites. 'Integrating robotics and AI into Nextracker's technology platform is a smart move,' said Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power. 'We were early adopters of OnSight's robotic inspection technology and believe that Nextracker has the expertise and global footprint to scale these types of products and services to multi-gigawatt deployment levels.' Contact insidesales@ to learn more. Watch this video to see how these systems operate in utility-scale solar plants. About Nextracker Nextracker innovates and delivers a leading solar power technology platform with integrated tracker, electrical solutions, and yield management and control systems for utility-scale and distributed generation projects. Our advanced technology enables solar power plants to follow the sun's movement across the sky and optimize performance. With systems operating in more than 40 countries worldwide, Nextracker offers innovative solutions that accelerate solar power plant construction, increase energy output, and enhance long-term reliability. For more information, visit Nextracker. Follow us on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the trends for future solar adoption, including the role AI and robotics will play, and the expected benefits of the recent AI and robotics acquisitions (including the benefits Nextracker's customers may realize as a result of integrating these businesses into Nextracker's). These forward-looking statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of Nextracker's management. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward looking statements, including risks and uncertainties that are also described under 'Risk Factors' and 'Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations' in Nextracker's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents that Nextracker has filed or will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be additional risks that Nextracker is not aware of or that Nextracker currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Nextracker assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Hold the syrup: Weirdly perfect 'pancakes' on Venus may prove the planet is buckling
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists may have finally cracked the recipe behind Venus' giant pancakes. Venus is famous for its "pancake domes" — steep-sided volcanoes that rise from the planet's surface like circular welts. A study now suggests that these unusual dome-shaped structures are at least partly sculpted by the planet's upper crust, which seems more flexible in certain regions. Volcanoes are common across Venus, with more than 1,600 large volcanoes or volcanic features discovered so far. One of the more intriguing types are the so-called pancake domes, disk-shaped structures that stretch over tens of miles but are only half a mile in height, like a flattened version of Hawaii's Mauna Loa. Exactly how these volcanoes form — and what they're made of — is still a mystery. One idea is that they develop from super-sticky, slow-flowing lava that moves under the force of its own weight (the technical term for this phenomenon is a viscous gravity current). Eventually, the lava stops moving and solidifies, forming the pancake domes. But does the domes' formation depend only on the type of lava? Probably not, Madison Borrelli, a postdoctoral researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology and first author of the new study, told Live Science by email. One factor that many previous studies hadn't considered was the bendiness', or the flexure, of Venus' upper crust. It turns out that Venus' surface — and Earth's — behaves, in certain areas, like an orange's skin: under a sufficiently heavy load, the surfaces dimple. If such dimpling accompanied the pancake domes' formation, it would leave certain tell-tale signs, like a bulge surrounding the dome, where the crust buckled upwards. Indeed, a 2021 study found such flexural signatures surrounding one-fifth of a sample of Venusian pancake domes. Related: Venus may be geologically 'alive' after all, reanalysis of 30-year-old NASA data reveals To determine how a bendy crust could affect the formation of a pancake dome, Borrelli and her colleagues at universities in France and the U.S. focused on the only dome for which they had high resolution data: the Narina Tholus, an 88.5-mile-wide (55 kilometers) dome located on the circumference of the Aramaiti Corona, one of the many giant oval structures that pockmark Venus' surface. The new study, published May 10 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, used topographical data collected by NASA's radar-wielding Magellan mission in the 1990s, the researchers created a virtual model of the Narina Tholus dome. They then simulated viscous gravity currents of lavas of different densities atop both a flexible upper crust and a rigid lithosphere, and compared the results to the virtual dome. The study's results showed that domes created on a bendy crust looked far more like the virtual pancake dome than those that formed on the rigid lithosphere. In particular, the flexible crust's domes had flat tops and very steep sides, characteristic of the pancake domes. This stems from the fact that the bulge around the dome prevents the lava from flowing further, causing it to accumulate, the researchers said. The bendy lithosphere's domes also had flexural signatures similar to that of Narina Tholus. However, the dimpling of the lithosphere couldn't alone explain the domes' features — the lava's density mattered too. Although low-density lavas produced domes with the right sort of shape, they created smaller crustal bulges than those found near the real-life pancake dome. Only lavas denser than 0.0867 lbs per cubic inch (2,400 kg/m3) — or over twice the density of room temperature water — produced both the correct dome shapes and flexural signatures. These high-density lavas were more than a trillion times as viscous as ketchup at room temperature and settled down to form the domes over hundreds of thousands of Earth-years. Nonetheless, the study's main drawback is that it used data from just the Narina Tholus dome. Borrelli hopes that upcoming missions to Venus — like NASA's VERITAS program — will provide higher resolution topography of the planet's surface, allowing the researchers to test their model with more data. RELATED STORIES —Heavy dusting of 'pineapple powder' paints Hawaii's volcanoes white after near-record snowfall — Earth from space —Venus may be geologically 'alive' after all, reanalysis of 30-year-old NASA data reveals —See Venus at its 'greatest brilliancy' this week — or wait until Sept. 2026 The new data could also help determine the exact type of lava that forms the pancake domes, a question the researchers were unable to answer. While most Venusian volcanoes appear to spew Mauna Loa-like basaltic lava, the researchers couldn't rule out rhyolitic and andesitic lavas, similar to those that spout from Mount St. Helens. Borelli said that finding diverse lava types on Venus would be interesting. "This can tell us about the planet's tectonic history, magmatic processes, and even the potential past presence of water."
CBC
28-05-2025
- General
- CBC
The moment family meets Good Samaritans who helped save their loved one's life
When 87-year-old Sabato Borrelli went into cardiac arrest May 15, a group of strangers stepped in to help. After reading about Borrelli's recovery, one of them reached out to CBC.
Epoch Times
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Tories Narrowly Win Ontario Riding After Recount, Results Upcoming in Newfoundland Recount
A ballot recount has confirmed that Conservative candidate Kathy Borrelli beat the Liberal incumbent Irek Kusmierczyk in an Ontario riding, while results in another Newfoundland recount are expected today. In the riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, Borrelli initially beat Kusmierczyk by 233 votes on election night on April 28. However, an initial Elections Canada validation count reduced Borrelli's lead to 77, which was seven votes short of triggering an automatic recount. Kusmierczyk, who has been the MP for the riding since 2019, told reporters on May 9 his team of volunteers had identified some ballots that had been mistakenly rejected. They presented their evidence to Justice Ross Macfarlane to request a recount, which he accepted. A , which is conducted by a judge, must take place if the margin of victory for a candidate is less than 0.1 percent of the valid votes cast. Kusmierczyk thanked his team and supporters in a May 23 Related Stories 5/22/2025 5/17/2025 ' Four votes to be exact (but who's counting, ha). The victory is in the fight,' he added. 'We showed the fight, and that's what matters. In the end, that is all we hold in our hands. To serve this remarkable community these last six years has been the honour of my life.' Newfoundland and Labrador Riding It is also expected that the results for another recount in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas will be released later in the day. The initial vote tally saw Liberal candidate Anthony Germain win the riding with just 12 votes more than Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe, which triggered a judicial recount. When the announcement was made that Germain had triumphed over Rowe by a mere 12 votes on April 29, the closest victory margin in any riding race across Canada at that time. This record has since been surpassed by the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, where the Liberals secured victory by a single vote after a judicial recount. The Bloc Québécois it will challenge the results in the riding following reports that a Terrebonne resident had mailed in a vote supporting the Bloc weeks ahead of the April 28 election, but the ballot was returned to the voter on May 2 because Elections Canada had put the wrong return address on the envelope. Elections Canada previously told the Epoch Times that five mail-in ballots that were received late at the local office in Quebec's Terrebonne riding were not able to be counted. Each of the five late ballots contained a postal code error. Sixteen other ballots were not sent to the local office and were instead returned to the elector because of an addressing error, Elections Canada said. Nine remaining electors who had originally requested a mail-in ballot opted to cast their votes in person instead.
Epoch Times
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Newfoundland Riding Flips to Conservatives After Recount
The Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas has flipped to the Conservatives following a judicial recount, giving the party a third seat in the province. A recount in the riding completed on May 23 found that Conservative Jonathan Rowe defeated Liberal Anthony Germain by 12 votes. The The results have brought the Liberal Party's seat count down to 169, which is three short of a majority, while the Conservatives have 144 seats, the Bloc Québécois has 22, the NDP has seven, and the Green Party has one. The initial tally on election night had Germain ahead by 12 votes, with the margin of victory being narrow enough to trigger an automatic judicial recount. These happen when the margin of victory for a candidate is less than 0.1 percent of the valid votes cast. In a statement on social media, 'I'm so proud of what our campaign accomplished, I'm thankful to all who believed in our positive message, and I'm energized to keep working to make our community a better place,' he said. Related Stories 5/23/2025 5/14/2025 The news about the riding of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas came hours after the results of a judicial recount in an Ontario riding were released. In the riding of Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, After a three-day recount, the final results showed Borrelli with 32,090 votes, Kusmierczyk with 32,086 votes, and NDP candidate Alex Ilijoski with 4,240 votes. Borrelli had initially beat Kusmierczyk by 233 votes on election night on April 28, but an initial Elections Canada validation count reduced Borrelli's lead to 77. While this was seven votes short of triggering an automatic recount, Kusmierczyk's team identified some ballots that had been mistakenly rejected, and a judge accepted their request for a recount. In Quebec, the Bloc Québécois recently announced it will be challenging the results in the riding of Terrebonne, where the Liberals won by a single vote. It was revealed that a Terrebonne resident had mailed in a vote supporting the Bloc weeks ahead of the April 28 election, but the ballot was returned to the voter on May 2 because Elections Canada had put the wrong return address on the envelope. Elections Canada previously told The Epoch Times that five mail-in ballots that were received late at the local office in Quebec's Terrebonne riding were not able to be counted. Each of the five late ballots contained a postal code error. Sixteen other ballots were not sent to the local office and were instead returned to the elector because of an addressing error, Elections Canada said. Another nine electors who had originally requested a mail-in ballot opted to cast their votes in person instead.
