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Groundhog Standard

About

About Groundhog Standard

Groundhog Standard combines a narrow wheeled base, stereo navigation sensors and an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin computer for repeatable site capture. An operator first maps the environment and defines waypoint routes, after which the robot can revisit the same locations while avoiding workers, equipment and newly introduced obstacles.

A Ricoh Theta Z1 records consistent panoramic imagery for progress and facility documentation. The robot can remap changing areas, operate for approximately two to four hours and use an optional charging dock for scheduled off-hours missions. Captured files are transferred into construction or digital-twin systems, with OpenSpace and Matterport workflows currently requiring manual import.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Workflows: Reality capture, site documentation, remote inspection, progress tracking and repeated data collection across changing environments.
  • Operating environments: Outdoor field environment
  • Target markets: Construction teams, surveyors, facility operators and integrators needing a mobile robot base for documentation payloads.
  • Deployment model: Commercial task-specific robot configuration built from SuperDroid's custom mobile robot platform capabilities.
  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - SuperDroid describes Groundhog autonomously touring scheduled construction sites and facilities to capture 360-degree progress records while avoiding obstacles.

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  • Robotic inspection

    Claimed - SuperDroid describes Groundhog autonomously touring scheduled construction sites and facilities to capture 360-degree progress records while avoiding obstacles.

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  • Construction reality capture

    Claimed - SuperDroid describes Groundhog autonomously touring scheduled construction sites and facilities to capture 360-degree progress records while avoiding obstacles.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Groundhog Standard

    Compute Module - Compute & Control - NVIDIA - SuperDroid's Groundhog Standard includes an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin computer - source: superdroidrobots.com

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  • Groundhog Standard

    Camera - sensing_perception - Ricoh - SuperDroid's Groundhog Standard includes a Ricoh Theta Z1 360-degree capture camera - source: superdroidrobots.com

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  • Groundhog Standard

    Stereolabs Zed 2i - sensing - Stereolabs - SuperDroid specifies a Stereolabs ZED 2i camera in Groundhog Standard - source: superdroidrobots.com

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Timeline

  • SuperDroid Robots unveils autonomous reality-capture robot line

    2023-05-24 - Product Launch - SuperDroid Robots introduced an autonomous mobile-robot line for reality capture. The systems carry scanning payloads through construction and industrial sites to collect repeatable spatial data.

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Context

Market context

Autonomous reality capture robot is SuperDroid Robots' mobile platform for construction-site and built-environment documentation.

  • Target environment: Construction sites, facility interiors, industrial buildings and other built environments requiring repeatable documentation.
  • Workflow context: Reality capture, site documentation, remote inspection, progress tracking and repeated data collection across changing environments.
  • Customer context: Construction teams, surveyors, facility operators and integrators needing a mobile robot base for documentation payloads.
  • Deployment model: Commercial task-specific robot configuration built from SuperDroid's custom mobile robot platform capabilities.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product offering from an established custom robot builder, with application fit depending on the configured sensor package.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on site access, obstacle handling, sensor payload selection, mapping workflow fit, ruggedness and integration with documentation software.
  • Market position: Task-focused mobile robot for automating site walks and documentation rather than a general warehouse or service robot.
  • Adjacent products: Dusty FieldPrinter, HP SitePrint, Scaled Robotics, SiteAware

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