Leica TS20 “significant leap forward” in total station technology

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has announced the launch of the new Leica TS20 robotic total station. Image: Leica

The company says that the total station accelerates fieldwork, simplifies daily work, streamlines repetitive tasks and avoids costly mistakes.

A Neural Processing Unit (NPU) powers edge AI, enabling the Leica TS20 to optimise workflows autonomously, identify potential mistakes before they happen, and ensure reliable measurements while safeguarding data privacy.

AI-powered target search and automatic target recognition (ATR) enable the TS20 to automatically search, aim, and measure even in adverse weather conditions like rain or mist, or when working with reflective tapes.

AI-Detect recognises the target type and alerts surveyors when their target does not match the type they selected in the software. AI-Follow (available as a software update post-launch) saves time by following the Leica AP20 AutoPole even when the line of sight is interrupted.

Said to be the world’s first robotic total station with an IP66 rating, the TS20 is protected against dust and water.

Exclusive to the TS20, GeoCloud Protect offers smart safety features like remote locating and locking. TS20 operators can access the total station’s location on a map and, in case of theft, mark it stolen and lock the total station so it can neither be used or serviced.

“The Leica TS20 is the most significant leap forward in total station technology in over a decade,” says Moritz Lauwiner, Executive Vice President at Hexagon’s Geosystems division and President of the Geomatics division at Leica Geosystems.