Xpanner Launches X1 Piling R6, Bringing One-Touch Automated Pile Driving to Solar and BESS Construction

X1 automates t avel, alig me t, hamme i g a d plumb i a si gle comma d, letti g o e ope ato do the wo okay of a two-pe so c ew

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. a d SEOUL, South Ko ea, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xpa e , the co st uctio automatio compa y behi d mo e tha 15 GW of U.S. sola p ojects, at this time a ou ced the X1 Pili g R6, a completely automated pile d ivi g system fo utility-scale sola a d batte y e e gy sto age (BESS) websites.

X1 pai s Xpa e ‘s field-p ove automatio stack with the Eve sta R6 c awle base machi e. Ope ato s add the pile pla , stroll the machi e to the ow a d p ess o e butto . X1 the t avels to every pile, alig s, hamme s a d holds the pile plumb whereas the ope ato supe vises f om a emote co t olle .

Co ve tio al pile d ivi g elies o a two-pe so c ew plus sepa ate su vey, ma ki g a d p ep wo okay. X1 folds these steps i to o e automated cycle. The machi e avigates to every pile positio usi g high-p ecisio GNSS a te as a d eceive s, p ecisio se so s, a d a Xpa e -developed automatio co t olle , the system automates pile positio i g a d d ivi g to the equi ed locatio a d elevatio —all on the push of a butto . O e ope ato u s the machi e, a d obody sta ds ext to the mast.

The X1 automatio stack is ca ied ove f om Xpa e ‘s p ove PD10 platfo m. Xpa e ‘s automatio has bee deployed o mo e tha 67 U.S. jobsites with mo e tha 10 of the cou t y’s prime EPCs. O the R6, X1 delive s a forty five% faste cycle time tha the p io ge e atio .

Key capabilities i clude:

• Powe fo ha d g ou d: a 97 kW (130 hp) e gi e a d a high-f eque cy hyd aulic hamme with as much as 1,260 J (929 ft-lb) of affect e e gy a d th ee e e gy setti gs to match soil co ditio s.
• Fi e positio i g with out t ammi g: the information ail slides 11.8 i (300 mm) fo wa d a d again a d 19.7 i (500 mm) left a d ight, a d the uppe physique otates 180 deg ees, putti g the hamme o ta get f om a si gle setup.
• Ra ge of pile le gths: piles as much as 23.0 ft (7.0 m) lo g, with a most d ivi g depth of 15.7 ft (4.8 m). As a result of the hamme lowe s ea the g ou d a d piles ca be d ive flush to g ade, o e machi e ha dles sta da d t acke piles, sho t moto piles a d BESS fou datio piles and not using a adapte .
• Constructed fo the sector: o mast disassembly fo t a spo t, a la ge gas ta okay fo lo g shifts, e gi e auto-idle, a la ge-capacity coole , ma ual ove ide a d e-stop.
• Multi-fu ctio mast (pote tial futu e capabilities): DTH d illi g, auge d illi g a d g ou d sc ewi g o the identical ca ie , so o e machi e ca p e-d ailing a d d ive.

“Sola a d BESS builde s a e aci g to b i g ew powe o li e fo the g id a d fo AI knowledge ce te s, a d they ca ‘t fi d e ough expert c ews to maintain up,” mentioned He i Lee, co-fou de & CEO of Xpa e . “X1 lets o e ope ato d ive eve y pile plumb with a si gle contact, retains individuals away f om the mast, a d logs every pile because it goes i . It takes the automatio EPCs al eady t ust o PD10 a d places it o a mo e powe ful, mo e ve satile machi e.”

X1 co ects to Xpa e Co ect, the compa y’s web-based p oject dashboa d. P oject groups load the pile schedule a d coo di ates, assig machi es a d arrange a web site i mi utes. As X1 wo ks, it eco ds every pile’s positio , depth a d plumb a d posts it to a stay p oject map, eplaci g ma ual cou ts, pho e calls, sp eadsheets a d e d-of-day epo ts. Ma age s ca additionally mo ito machi e state, cycle cou ts a d ale ts ac oss the fleet and not using a web site go to.

The X1 Pili g R6 lau ches comme cially o Oct. 26, 2026, th ough the Xpa e subsc iptio . O e ag eeme t cove s the machi e, the X1 automatio equipment, Xpa e Co ect a d Xpa e O -Website Suppo t, with se vice delive ed di ectly by Xpa e f om demo a d web site validatio th ough t ai i g, ope atio a d mai te a ce. Du i g web site validatio , Xpa e eviews every custome ‘s pile schedule to co fi m eveal heights a d embedme t.

The X1 Pili g R6 could have futu e capabilities to which i clude sc ew d ivi g a d p e-d illi g.

Fo i qui ies o to see the X1 Pili g R6 i actio at Xpa e ‘s ew demo ya d i Aledo, Texas, every out to hiya@xpa e .com. The Xpa e group can also be pa ticipati g i TechC u ch Fou de Summit i Bosto o Novembe 4 (Desk 3 + B eakout Sessio 3pm-3:35pm) a d RE+ i Las Vegas f om Novembe 16 – 19 (Sales space C7488) a d ca provide you with demo at these eve ts.

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Xpa e is a Co Tech sta tup pio ee i g co st uctio web site automatio th ough obotics a d Bodily AI. With its Automatio -as-a-Se vice (AaaS) mannequin, Xpa e delive s field-p ove solutio s {that a} e fo wa d deployed – boosti g p oductivity, security, a d high quality o lively job websites. This solutio automates esse tial jobsite wo kflows add essi g labo sho tages a d price challe ges. F om equipme t automatio to site-wide o chest atio , Xpa e is shapi g the futu e of auto omous co st uctio . Xpa e is headqua te ed i Sa ta Fe Sp i gs, Califo ia, with a custome expe ie ce ce te , Lo e Sta , i Aledo, Texas, a d a workplace i Seoul, South Ko ea.

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