Anyone run a robotic TS all day long?
I’m just curious if anyone else runs a robot all day long? I realized my job is pretty strenuous on the robot because depending on the day it could be running a total of 8 hours tracking me almost all of it. It’s only breaks are driving between jobsites and when I’m doing the notes etc.
Our Sokkia iX robot needed 2 motor replacements in the 2.5 years since we got it and 3 calibrations. While we’re extremely disappointed in the Sokkia not only for those reasons but others as well…I realize that between the temperature fluctuations, dust and rain and the number of hours a day these things run, their are getting worked hard.
The thing is, the Sokkia iX was sooo bad that I revived an unused Leica TCRP1203+ robot that we attained after a merger with another local company. I had to purchase a set of Parani Bluetooth adaptors to connect it to my tablet running Fieldgenius but other than that annoyance it works great. Holds a lock well and doesn’t chase random objects or get stuck on them despite being passive target. I really can’t believe how an 11 year old robot can work so much better than an 2 year old one from a different manufacturer.
Now I’m wondering how long can I expect to get out of an 11 year old robot using it 6-8 hours a day, laying out houses and doing as builts. Very occasional topo work. Basically if I work a 12 hour day it’s probably working 8 of them. If it’s only a 9 hour day probably 4-6 hours of running. I also do some double angle shots. Maybe 10-20 a day shooting control points or monuments so it has to flip itself and shoot again. Sometimes the tracking is difficult because of cars and people walking by so it’s always trying to predict/regain lock which it is pretty crazy good at compared to the Sokkia.
I know nobody can predict how long something will last under heavy use but I’m curious if others here have gotten a lot of years of use out of an older robot.
I don’t believe there was a ton of use on this Leica before I started using it. I think they used it a few years and went back to conventional then whenever they needed a robot it got user. Eventually it had an issue with the Bluetooth range on the original Leica cs15 and RH15 radio handle. I could never use that horrible data collector anyway after getting used to a 7″ tablet so it was the Parani’s or a $1600 RH17 upgrade.
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