Gritt and MasTec Partner to Bring Physical AI to Solar Construction

What happened

Gritt has announced a partnership with MasTec, one of North America’s leading infrastructure builders, to deploy its AI-powered systems across MasTec Renewables projects and plans to explore applications in additional infrastructure sectors.

They did not disclose the agreement’s financial terms or identify individual project sites. This adds automation to familiar equipment rather than requiring contractors to introduce an entirely new vehicle platform.

Gritt and MasTec are expanding the use of physical AI on renewable-energy construction sites, starting with utility-scale solar projects across multiple U.S. The partnership pairs Gritt’s robotic systems with MasTec Renewables’ construction teams, bringing AI out of planning software and into the movement and installation of materials.

According to the announcement, MasTec evaluated Gritt on active projects where the systems helped install megawatts of solar panels.

For construction robotics, the significance is the operating environment. A solar farm offers thousands of repetitive installation tasks, but those tasks happen amid changing weather, uneven ground, moving equipment, and people working nearby.

Robotic Attachments for Equipment Crews Already Use Gritt’s approach combines AI with robotic attachments for common construction machinery. In its launch announcement , the company described connecting robotic arms to vehicles such as skid steers and forklifts to perform material handling and assembly.