Robotic total stations are powerful tools for accurately measuring distances and angles across a wide range of applications, including construction, engineering, mapping, and land surveying. Beyond measurement, they integrate seamlessly with machine control systems to enable precise 3D operation—even in environments where GNSS signals are unavailable or unreliable. This makes them an essential solution for maintaining accuracy, improving efficiency, and ensuring project success in challenging conditions.
Robotic total stations are frequently used by single-person surveying teams to produce detailed 3D maps of job sites, capture data for design validation and volume analysis, confirm as-built conditions or legal property lines, and perform precise grade verification.
Robotic total stations are commonly used to stake out construction sites, mark layout points on slabs and decks, verify elevation levels, measure building dimensions, and ensure accurate placement of equipment, fixtures, and structural elements.
GTL-Series instruments feature an integrated scanner that allows VDC teams to generate point clouds for validating construction quality against BIM model specifications and dimensional tolerances.
Robotic total stations are widely used in civil engineering to measure angles and distances on structures such as bridges, buildings, roads, railways, waterways, and other critical infrastructure. MS-Series instruments are also ideal for monitoring structural health, as well as detecting displacement and deformation over time.
Total station machine control, also known as local positioning systems (LPS), is used with 360-degree prisms mounted on heavy construction equipment to deliver precise position and elevation data when GNSS is unreliable. This makes LPS ideal for jobsites with obstructed sky views, such as areas with dense tree cover, tunnels, or urban environments.
Hybrid Positioning™ technology merges GNSS (also known as GPS) with optical robotic measurements on a single rover pole. It enables fast, accurate project completion by allowing seamless switching between prism-based and satellite-based modes whenever line-of-sight is lost, satellite signals are obstructed, or other jobsite challenges arise.
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Field and site survey, layout, grade checking, staking
GT-1500: 1”, 2”, 3”
GT-700: 2”, 3”, 5”
GT-1500: 5000 m
GT-700: 4500 m
GT-1500: 1000 m
GT-700: 800 m
Yes
NA
Yes
IP65
Optional
Site and field survey, layout, grade checking, staking, machine control
GT-1200: 1”, 2”, 3”
GT-600: 2”, 3”, 5”
GT-1200: 5000 m
GT-600: 4500 m
GT-1200: 1000 m
GT-600: 800 m
Yes
NA
Yes
IP65
Optional
Building contractor layout and field measurements
3”, 5”
2000 m
500 m
Yes
NA
Yes
IP65
Standard
Construction verification, scanning, site and field survey, layout, staking
2”, 3”
6000 m
1000 m
Yes
NA
NA
IP65
Optional
Monitoring, highest accuracy site and field survey, staking, lay out
0.5”, 1”
3500 m
100-400 m
Reflective sheet: 200 m
NA
NA
Yes
IP65
Optional
Machine control
1”, 3”
6000 m
1000 m
NA
NA
Yes
IP65
Standard
Easy setup and cost-effective layout, grade checking, machine control
5″
130 m
1000 m
Yes
Yes
NA
IP65
Optional
Easy setup and cost-effective layout, grade checking, machine control
5″
50 m
1000 m
Yes
Yes
NA
IP65
Optional
If you have worked on a busy jobsite, you know obstructions can sometimes break the lock between your total station and a pole-mounted prism. The process of reacquiring this lock can cause delays and downtime.
The RC-5A accessory provides the fastest and simplest way to relock the connection to the prism when line of sight has been interrupted. Simply tap the field software once, and the robotic total station will detect the fan-shaped laser beam emitted by the RC-5A and relock within seconds.
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