Consumer Heliostat Prototype: Sheet Metal Build for Accessible Solar Thermal Energy

Heliostat Prototype: Bringing Solar Thermal Technology to Consumers

Heliostats track the sun and redirect its light, making them valuable for solar thermal energy. Yet there are currently no consumer-grade heliostat systems available off the shelf, which limits wider adoption. Our client set out to change that, using advances in machine learning to create a heliostat that could be sold at retail outlets nationwide.

CADLETE Designs helped bring this vision into physical form. Using sheet metal fabrication, we created a functional prototype of the heliostat.

We then mounted all of the electronics and completed the wire routing, turning the structure into a working, integrated system ready for evaluation.

The prototype is a key step toward making heliostat technology accessible to everyday users and supporting cleaner, more efficient energy use.