{"slug": "founder-of-maximo-discusses-how-robotics-is-accelerating-solar-construction", "title": "Founder of Maximo discusses how robotics is accelerating solar construction", "summary": "Deise Yumi Asami, founder of Maximo at AES, discussed on The Robot Report Podcast how her AI-enabled robotics startup is accelerating solar panel installation using AI-based vision and smart field deployment. The company, incubated within parent company AES Corp., aims to make utility-scale solar construction faster, safer, and more efficient.", "body_md": "In Episode 253 of *The Robot Report* Podcast, Deise Yumi Asami shares how her AI-enabled robotics startup, Maximo, is making solar panel installation faster, safer, and more efficient. She talks about how robotics, AI vision, and smart field deployment are helping reshape the future of renewable energy infrastructure.\n\nYumi Asami also shares her experiences with starting a [new company](https://maxrobotics.ai/) from the ground up while being incubated within parent company The AES Corp. Learn how a large organization can encourage and celebrate innovation and how [AES](https://www.aes.com/) organized its innovation group.\n\n[Deise Yumi Asami](https://www.linkedin.com/in/deiseasami/) is the founder of Maximo at AES. Drawing on her engineering background, she led the development and incubation of Maximo, an AI-enabled robotic platform transforming utility-scale [solar](https://www.therobotreport.com/category/markets-industries/energy-solar-renewables/) construction by automating the installation of solar modules using [AI](https://www.therobotreport.com/category/design-development/ai-cognition/)-based [vision](https://www.therobotreport.com/category/technologies/cameras-imaging-vision/).\n\nYumi Asami has more than 15 years of experience developing and scaling innovative technologies in the energy industry.\n\nSince joining AES Brazil in 2016, she has led the development of pioneering energy solutions, including microgrid software and pilot projects, and the implementation of Brazil’s first utility-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage system.\n\nDeise holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and a Lean Design Master Certification.\n\nLearn more: [https://maxrobotics.ai/](https://maxrobotics.ai/)\n\n## Show timeline\n\n- 7:22 – News of the week\n- 20:10 – Deise Yumi Asami, founder and CEO of\n[Maximo](https://maxrobotics.ai/)\n\n## News of the week\n\n[Vicarious Surgical board seeks to dissolve company](https://maxrobotics.ai/)- Catch Vicarious CEO and co-founder Adam Sachs on\n*The Robot Report Podcast*Episode 56 [Walden Robotics launches at $1.1B valuation for general-purpose robots](https://maxrobotics.ai/)\n\n## Sponsors\n\n*Thanks to our sponsors who make this content possible.*\n\nEvery growing Postgres database eventually hits a wall. Queries slow down, dashboards lag, and teams consider adding a second database.\n\nTiger Data, creators of TimescaleDB, extend Postgres with time-series primitives, columnar storage, and automatic partitioning so your queries stay fast on live data. No pipelines, no migration, no second system. Just Postgres, built for the workload you actually have.\n\nLearn more at: **tigerdata.com/go/trial**\n\nTo learn how you can sponsor a future episode of *The Robot Report* Podcast, contact: Jami Brownlee at [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acc6cedec3dbc2c0c9c9ecdbd8dbc4c1c9c8c5cd82cfc3c1)\n\nWould you like to be a guest on a future episode? Contact Mike Oitzman at [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f2220263b35222e210f383b3827222a2b262e612c2022)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/founder-of-maximo-discusses-how-robotics-is-accelerating-solar-construction", "canonical_source": "https://www.therobotreport.com/transforming-solar-construction-through-robotics-deise-yumi-asami-maximo/", "published_at": "2026-07-17 19:17:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 19:38:02.894813+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence", "computer-vision", "ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Maximo", "AES Corp.", "Deise Yumi Asami", "The Robot Report Podcast", "AES Brazil"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/founder-of-maximo-discusses-how-robotics-is-accelerating-solar-construction", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/founder-of-maximo-discusses-how-robotics-is-accelerating-solar-construction.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/founder-of-maximo-discusses-how-robotics-is-accelerating-solar-construction.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/founder-of-maximo-discusses-how-robotics-is-accelerating-solar-construction.jsonld"}}