CivDot Robot Slashes Survey Time on Construction Sites

Site layout is one of the most thankless, time-consuming parts of a commercial build. It slows down everything behind it, and when survey crews are short or slow, the entire job pays the price. Civ Robotics is changing that.

Its autonomous surveying robot, CivDot, marks up to 3,000 points a day down to 8 millimeter accuracy. That’s eight times faster than a traditional crew. Most layout crews handle 200 to 450 points a day. CivDot does 3,000. 

That’s not a small boost. It’s a complete shift in how fast you can prep a site. Multiply that across dozens of sites a year, and the time savings turn into serious dollars.

It navigates rough jobsite terrain with a 10-inch clearance, marks points with either spray paint or laser, and calls out point descriptions as it goes. Feed it a CSV file, and it gets to work. No tape measures, no tripods, no bottlenecks. Your crew can follow behind to flag or stake, but the layout legwork is fully automated.

With skilled labor stretched thin, automating repetitive, time-heavy tasks like layout lets your top people focus on the work that really moves the needle. 

This isn’t future tech. It’s already deployed. Civ Robotics has 100 robots active on sites worldwide, and the company just raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, bringing its total to $12.5 million. The new capital will drive expansion into Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It’s scaling fast because it works.

The robot runs a full eight-hour shift per charge, and it’s built for the reality of commercial jobsites, not flat demo pads or residential lots. Whether you're laying out for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire systems, or slab work, it’s fast, reliable, and dead-accurate.

For commercial contractors managing large, fast-paced projects with multiple subs, layout delays are a hidden choke point. When it's slow, every trade gets stacked up—underground, MEP, slab, and beyond. 

But when layout is fast and accurate, the entire job flows. Crews move with confidence, handoffs are cleaner, coordination is tighter, and delays shrink. In a business where time is money and margins are thin, reclaiming those hours changes everything.

It also reduces rework. With layout precision down to the millimeter, you’re not paying to fix bad lines, shifted sleeves, or misplaced footings later. That’s time and material back in your pocket.

This is about productivity. Speed. Precision. Getting to the real work sooner. And if you're tired of waiting two days for layout just to get your crew moving, it might be time to stop waiting.

You're not replacing people. You're unlocking serious speed and giving your crew a head start that pays off from day one.