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Image: Civ RoboticsCivDot+
GNSS-guided stakeout rover with laser-point marking at 8mm outdoor accuracy
- 6
- Deployments
- 6
- Companies that ran it
How it works on your site
The CivDot+ is a compact, wheeled, GNSS-based layout robot that autonomously navigates to uploaded coordinates and marks each point with a laser pointer while a single operator monitors from up to 100 feet away. It handles site-level horizontal layout across solar, concrete foundation, LNG, and heavy civil projects; vertical layout, interior work, and BIM-based layout stay with the survey crew or other systems. The CivDot+ has been shipping since 2021.
Site-Level Horizontal Layout
The robot drives autonomously between uploaded coordinate points on a 4WD chassis with 10 inches of ground clearance, marking each location with a laser pointer. One operator manages the mission from CivPlan software after uploading a CSV or DXF file; no surveying experience is required to run the robot. The crew follows behind to place physical markers at each laser-indicated point.
Field outcomes
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CivDot+
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Who has run it
6 deployments · 6 companies · 2 countries
Will it work on your site
- Power source
- Battery; 8 to 10 hours total with one swap (two 5-hour packs)4-hour charge cycle (maker-stated); 8-hour figure reported by independent press (2025)
- Autonomy level
- Supervised autonomous; single operator uploads mission via CivPlan, robot executes point-to-pointOperator presence required for physical marker placement (maker-stated 100 ft distance)
- Positional accuracy
- 8 mmGNSS-based; reported by multiple independent press sources (ENR, New Atlas, Interesting Engineering)
- Battery life
- 8 to 10 hours (two battery packs, one swap)8 hours per New Atlas (2025); 10 hours (2 x 5-hour packs) per The Robot Report (2022)
- Throughput
- Up to 1,200 points/day (single operator, CivDot+)Actual rates vary by site; QCells reported 700/day, Avanza reported 1,000 to 1,500/day
- Operator training
- No surveying expertise required; on-site training in under one dayUnder-1-hour training figure from vendor case studies; independent sources confirm no expertise needed
As the maker states it.
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