Robotic Total Station

Fast, precise, and efficient layout for every construction discipline with the Trimble Ri robotic total station. The Ri is designed to improve layout speed and accuracy across all trades. From general contractors managing a complex project to MEP specialists ensuring clash-free installations to steel and concrete professionals demanding precision, Ri delivers time after time.

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TRIMBLE RI

INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY

Get the job done right the first time

Paired with Trimble Field Link the Trimble Ri is loaded with innovative features. Measure positions fast, easily, and accurately.

Why Trimble Ri works for you

The Right Track

With Trimble Vision Technology enabling single-person layout and instrument control you have the ability to do layout with one person - saving time and money.

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The Right Focus

With accuracy utilizing auto-focusing red laser technology and extended EDM, you will get more range for a diversity of applications on the jobsite.

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The Right Level

With self-calibration and level detection built-in, the Trimble Ri will keep you more productive in the field

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The Right Design

With FieldLink integration, you can use the same software for both scanning and layout. Upgrade to scale your business job to job, site to site.

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Learn what it takes to get started

Watch our 15 min detailed walk-through of the Trimble Ri total station covering equipement needed, set-up on site, layout, taking measurements as well as the automatic documentation process!

The demo is in Norwegian but it has English subtitles (and Norwegian).

Construction worker using a Trimble surveying instrument inside a building.
Construction worker using a Trimble surveying instrument inside a building.

Automatic level detection & monitoring

Set up anywhere with confidence, reducing downtime and improving accuracy.

A construction worker wearing a helmet, face mask, and safety vest operates surveying equipment indoors. The worker is using a total station and a measuring rod, in a large room with glass windows.
A construction worker wearing a helmet, face mask, and safety vest operates surveying equipment indoors. The worker is using a total station and a measuring rod, in a large room with glass windows.

Built-in calibration for maximum uptime

Reduce maintenance costs and keep your instrument in peak performance without sending it out for calibration.

Surveying equipment on a tripod in front of a construction site with a steel structure and a modern building.
Surveying equipment on a tripod in front of a construction site with a steel structure and a modern building.

Remote instrument control with VISION

Perform layout from anywhere on-site with single-person operation, cutting costs and improving productivity.

Trimble surveying instrument on tripod indoors
Trimble surveying instrument on tripod indoors

High-precision EDM with focused red laser

Get a clear, accurate laser mark for layout, plus extended EDM for greater reach and efficiency.

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Person wearing a hard hat and augmented reality headset points towards a laser surveying device in a construction site.

FieldLink integration

One software allows you the flexibility to control multiple instruments including, Ri, RTS, GNSS, and laser scanning systems.

VIDEO: Short interview with Vikenconsult about the use of Total Stations as a means to get the BIM model into the real world…

Why use a Total Station?

Is there a faster way to get the BIM models into the real world than using drawings and measuring tape ? That was the question Norwegian consultant company Vikenconsult AS were asking themselves.

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Trimble FieldLink Software

Trimble FieldLink provides your team with a flexible, scalable field layout and scanning solution that performs 200% better than traditional workflows.

  • Boost Productivity

Trust your crews to perform quality, automated layout with easy-to-use, task-based workflows, customizable views and a touch-screen interface.

  • Reduce Errors and Rework

Empower your teams with a combination of tools built just for contractors – Increasing accuracy and avoiding the reintroduction of clash issues.

  • Easily Translate Design Intent

Connect field crews to digital, 3D Constructible models to maintain a direct link between design intent and construction reality.

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We chose a Total Station from Trimble and BuildingPoint, after reviewing the market, because of their well integrated product portfolio of software and integrated hardware, as well as their cloud solutions.

- Magnus Svensen, Managing Director in Vikenconsult

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Trimble Ri Robotic Total Station - on tripod and with carry case