Unstoppable Surveying. Unhesitating Decisions. TS20 Automates Surveying. Industry's First AI-Powered Total Station Leica TS20
Leica Geosystems has launched the Leica TS20 Robotic Total Station, equipped with edge AI, in Japan on April 6, 2026. It features automated target recognition even in bad weather, vastly improving surveying efficiency and eliminating downtime.
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Unstoppable surveying. Unhesitating decisions. TS20 automates surveying. Industry's first AI-powered total station Leica TS20.
[April 6, 2026, Tokyo] Leica Geosystems K.K. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuji Kuwano), a Hexagon group company and leader in the measurement technology industry, today announced the domestic launch of the new 'Leica TS20 Robotic Total Station (hereafter TS20)' equipped with edge AI.
The TS20 is a total station designed from the ground up with a thorough understanding of the surveyor's workflow. The next-generation platform, equipped with AI and robustness, accelerates field work, streamlines daily tasks, and reduces errors. It is a solution tailored to the practical needs of professionals, reflecting the technology of Leica Geosystems, which has led the measurement industry for over 200 years, and feedback from the field.
Main Features
- Accuracy, Precision, and Reliability
Provides reliable precision and accuracy even under harsh conditions.
- Automation through Edge AI
Edge AI enables 'unstoppable surveying' regardless of weather or visibility conditions. It drastically reduces rework due to re-measurement or interruption of field work. It significantly improves the efficiency of field operations.
- AI Target: Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) automatically searches for, aims at, and measures targets even in bad weather such as rain or fog, or when using reflective tape.
- AI-Detect: Detects and warns of mismatches between prism and target types, preventing human errors.
- AI-Follow (scheduled for future release): Continues tracking the 'Leica AP20 AutoPole,' a prism pole with tilt compensation, even if the line of sight is obstructed, saving working time.
- Robustness and Durability
The world's first robotic total station with IP66 dust and water resistance.
- Drastically improves business continuity in rain, dust, and adverse environments. Avoids project delays.
- Maintenance-free high-speed motor: Improves operating speed, increases reliability, and reduces cost of ownership.
- New EDM system: Faster and more accurate distance measurement.
- High-speed processor: Shortens startup time and accelerates data processing.
- Improved Productivity and Security Measures through Enhanced Communication Performance
Cloud integration and automatic synchronization with Leica Captivate facilitate sharing data between the field and the office. Anti-theft technology is also scheduled to be equipped later this year (timing undetermined).
- Connectivity: Mobile network connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IoT compatible.
- GeoCloud Protect (TS20 exclusive): Enables remote lock and location tracking in case of theft.
[April 6, 2026, Tokyo] Leica Geosystems K.K. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuji Kuwano), a Hexagon group company and leader in the measurement technology industry, today announced the domestic launch of the new 'Leica TS20 Robotic Total Station (hereafter TS20)' equipped with edge AI.
The TS20 is a total station designed from the ground up with a thorough understanding of the surveyor's workflow. The next-generation platform, equipped with AI and robustness, accelerates field work, streamlines daily tasks, and reduces errors. It is a solution tailored to the practical needs of professionals, reflecting the technology of Leica Geosystems, which has led the measurement industry for over 200 years, and feedback from the field.
Main Features
- Accuracy, Precision, and Reliability
Provides reliable precision and accuracy even under harsh conditions.
- Automation through Edge AI
Edge AI enables 'unstoppable surveying' regardless of weather or visibility conditions. It drastically reduces rework due to re-measurement or interruption of field work. It significantly improves the efficiency of field operations.
- AI Target: Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) automatically searches for, aims at, and measures targets even in bad weather such as rain or fog, or when using reflective tape.
- AI-Detect: Detects and warns of mismatches between prism and target types, preventing human errors.
- AI-Follow (scheduled for future release): Continues tracking the 'Leica AP20 AutoPole,' a prism pole with tilt compensation, even if the line of sight is obstructed, saving working time.
- Robustness and Durability
The world's first robotic total station with IP66 dust and water resistance.
- Drastically improves business continuity in rain, dust, and adverse environments. Avoids project delays.
- Maintenance-free high-speed motor: Improves operating speed, increases reliability, and reduces cost of ownership.
- New EDM system: Faster and more accurate distance measurement.
- High-speed processor: Shortens startup time and accelerates data processing.
- Improved Productivity and Security Measures through Enhanced Communication Performance
Cloud integration and automatic synchronization with Leica Captivate facilitate sharing data between the field and the office. Anti-theft technology is also scheduled to be equipped later this year (timing undetermined).
- Connectivity: Mobile network connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IoT compatible.
- GeoCloud Protect (TS20 exclusive): Enables remote lock and location tracking in case of theft.