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 k 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, today a ou ced the X1 Pili g R6, a fully automated pile d ivi g system fo utility-scale sola a d batte y e e gy sto age (BESS) sites.

X1 pai s Xpa e ‘s field-p ove automatio stack with the Eve sta R6 c awle base machi e. Ope ato s upload the pile pla , walk the machi e to the ow a d p ess o e butto . X1 the t avels to each pile, alig s, hamme s a d holds the pile plumb while 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 k. X1 folds those steps i to o e automated cycle. The machi e avigates to each 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 at 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 top EPCs. O the R6, X1 delive s a 45% 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 up to 1,260 J (929 ft-lb) of impact e e gy a d th ee e e gy setti gs to match soil co ditio s.
• Fi e positio i g without t ammi g: the guide ail slides 11.8 i (300 mm) fo wa d a d back a d 19.7 i (500 mm) left a d ight, a d the uppe body otates 180 deg ees, putti g the hamme o ta get f om a si gle setup.
• Ra ge of pile le gths: piles up to 23.0 ft (7.0 m) lo g, with a maximum d ivi g depth of 15.7 ft (4.8 m). Because 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 without a adapte .
• Built fo the field: o mast disassembly fo t a spo t, a la ge fuel ta k 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 same ca ie , so o e machi e ca p e-d ill 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 data ce te s, a d they ca ‘t fi d e ough skilled c ews to keep up,” said 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 touch, keeps people away f om the mast, a d logs each pile as it goes i . It takes the automatio EPCs al eady t ust o PD10 a d puts 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 teams load the pile schedule a d coo di ates, assig machi es a d set up a site i mi utes. As X1 wo ks, it eco ds each pile’s positio , depth a d plumb a d posts it to a live 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 also mo ito machi e state, cycle cou ts a d ale ts ac oss the fleet without a site visit.

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 kit, Xpa e Co ect a d Xpa e O -Site Suppo t, with se vice delive ed di ectly by Xpa e f om demo a d site validatio th ough t ai i g, ope atio a d mai te a ce. Du i g site validatio , Xpa e eviews each custome ‘s pile schedule to co fi m eveal heights a d embedme t.

The X1 Pili g R6 will 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, each out to hello@xpa e .com. The Xpa e team is also pa ticipati g i TechC u ch Fou de Summit i Bosto o Novembe 4 (Table 3 + B eakout Sessio 3pm-3:35pm) a d RE+ i Las Vegas f om Novembe 16 – 19 (Booth C7488) a d ca give you demo at these eve ts.

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Xpa e is a Co Tech sta tup pio ee i g co st uctio site automatio th ough obotics a d Physical AI. With its Automatio -as-a-Se vice (AaaS) model, Xpa e delive s field-p ove solutio s that a e fo wa d deployed – boosti g p oductivity, safety, a d quality o active job sites. This solutio automates esse tial jobsite wo kflows add essi g labo sho tages a d cost 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 office i Seoul, South Ko ea.

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