{"id":15904,"date":"2018-01-22T06:51:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T06:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/103.92.87.16\/?p=15904"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T02:15:53","slug":"survey-robot-increasing-safety-for-line-marking-whilst-cutting-time-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptella.com\/nz\/position-partners-nz\/survey-robot-increasing-safety-for-line-marking-whilst-cutting-time-on-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Robot increasing safety for line marking whilst cutting time on the job"},"content":{"rendered":"

This new Robotic line tool has been designed to save time for surveyors to manually set out road lines on foot whilst improving safety and often removing the need for traffic control on live roads altogether.<\/p>\n

The Tiny Surveyor<\/a> is a compact robotic cart that is designed to automatically mark out roads, sports fields, car parks and other line marked surfaces using a pre-programmed design.\u00a0 Now distributed in New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia by Aptella, it brings a unique piece of equipment which promises to\u00a0 greatly save time for surveyors in the construction industry.<\/p>\n

Garry MacPhail, who manages the the Geospatial divsion of Aptella mentioned, \u201cAutomation is developing apace across all industries with the aim of increasing safety, saving time and reducing or eliminating human error.”<\/p>\n

Garry also added, this \u201cTiny Surveyor<\/a> is the first fully autonomous robot we have introduced to the industry and it is already getting a lot of interest as it is a simple piece of equipment that offers huge potential by enabling surveyors to pre-mark sites very quickly and from the safety of their car.”<\/p>\n

Although construction has seen the benefits of increased automation with earthworks and paving applications through the use of 3D machine control, line marking roads has continued to be a highly labour-intensive and manual process with each point surveyed and marked out on foot by a surveyor.<\/p>\n

Mr MacPhail added \u201cNot only do surveyors have to work out in all weather, the process is also slow and potentially dangerous if they are working on live roads or near heavy earthmoving machinery, It can also become costly and disruptive to road users if traffic management is required to close down lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In New Zealand, Christchurch-based Downer has seen a demo of the Tiny Surveyor\u00a0and Senior Survey Manager Steven Hoggarty was impressed with what he saw.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a survey force multiplier with excellent safety benefits,\u201d he said. \u201cIts speed and efficiency means it can do the work at least three times as fast as a surveyor could do it on foot, so you can get a lot more done.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d actually like to see them scale this product up to a full line marking system so that we could automate the process of painting on the final road markings as well,\u201d he added. \u201cI see a great deal of potential for this technology, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Fritz from Seymour Whyte has also seen the system first hand and agrees that there \u201cis huge potential for time and cost savings.\u201d He said to realise the full benefits, some raw set-out data that could be exported from the system after it\u2019s completed the job would help to prove the as-builts were correct, as \u201cwe surveyors have to prove that what the robot has done is per the design.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs-built data exports for quality control are coming very soon,\u201d said Karl O\u2019Toole, Aptella Survey Products Specialist. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working very closely with the manufacturer to ensure Tiny Surveyor\u00a0does everything our customers need it to do and the company has been acting on our feedback to make product improvements and new features available.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the ability to interface with any\u00a0GNSS\u00a0equipment to provide positioning information, users simply upload a line design in standard CSV or DXF format to the robot via a USB key and the system is ready to work. It utilises standard spray paint cans and can work for up to eight hours on a single charge. A Topcon total station can also be used to provide millimetre accuracy and height measurements for topographic applications.<\/p>\n

For RTK GPS positioning, Tiny Surveyor users can opt to use a\u00a0GNSS\u00a0base station or alternatively connect to an RTK network such as\u00a0AllDayRTK.<\/p>\n

Mr O’Toole said \u201cTo use a network an internet connection is required, so customers can either mount a field controller to the system that has internet capability, or alternatively use an internet-enabled GNSS device like the Sokkia GRX2 , which comes with a SIM card installed,\u201d<\/p>\n

The system comes with a full-function remote control so that users are always able to manually override the robot if required, but they can do so from the safety and comfort of a car that follows the Tiny Surveyor rather than having to mark each point out on foot.<\/p>\n

Aptella has been rigorously testing the robot to ensure it is fit for purpose for Australian and New Zealand. Mr O’Toole added \u201cCustomers who have seen the Tiny Surveyor in action have been impressed with its ability to follow even complex designs including curves, as well as it\u2019s repeatability.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve focussed our attention on road applications because we believe this is a key sector that will benefit from the technology, but having said that we\u2019ve also ensured it\u2019s up to the job for sports grounds such as AFL and soccer fields, netball courts, car parks, solar farms and even hard sand surfaces such as quarries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The robot has also been tested in Australia \u201cWe\u2019ve also tested it in a wide range of weather conditions and on one job in Sydney where we completed 12 kilometres of road marking in a single day we literally worked through rain, hail and shine and the Tiny Surveyor didn\u2019t miss a beat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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