UNI-Machine
Dig straight to the design
3D GPS machine control for excavators. Load your design, follow it live in the cab and dig to grade the first time. The KLIC map runs in the background, so you always know where the cables and pipes are.
Your model
Three ways to get a model in the cab
You do not need a finished 3D design to start.
Survey it yourself
Record the existing situation with the UNI-Collect Survey Package or the 3D Package and send it to the machine through UNI-Cloud.
Measure with the bucket
Create points, lines and areas straight from the bucket, left, right or centre. Make a surface at bucket height and work from there.
No extra equipment, the machine is the measuring tool.Load a design
Bring in a DWG, DXF or LandXML drawing and open it in the cab.
Machine control that anyone can run. Load or build a machine model, follow the design live in the cab and dig to grade the first time.
See the cables before you dig
Load the KLIC map next to your design and see cables and pipes right where you dig. Included from UNI-Cloud Professional.
Dig to the design
See target depth and slope live in the cab. Hit grade the first time, without re-work.
Office and field in sync
Follow progress from the office and swap data with your UNI-Collect stick, GIS or CAD.
Sync, survey, dig and record, on one site
Dig to centimetre accuracy, avoid excavation damage and unexpected costs.
Trusted by 1000+ companies
More than 10 million objects measured, in more than 40 countries.
Get the UNI-Machine brochure and price list
Want the full picture on paper? We send you the UNI-Machine brochure with the complete price list, so you can compare the package part by part before you talk to anyone.
Know exactly where to dig
Import your design and let UNI-Machine guide the bucket. With the KLIC map as background you see the cables and pipes around you, so you prevent excavation damage. You dig to the centimetre, first time.
KLIC cable and pipe map as background, from UNI-Cloud Professional
Centimetre-accurate to the design, straight from the cab
Dig to grade the first time, no re-work
What your machine adds
The package is built for excavators, and it is not one fixed package. Sensors go on the boom, the stick and the bucket. What your machine has on top of that decides the price: a two-piece boom needs one extra sensor, a tiltrotator needs the tiltrotator sensor support. A swing boom needs a sensor that is not part of any configuration below.
| Excavator, mono boom | Sensors on the boom, the stick and the bucket | |
| Excavator with a two-piece boom | Plus the two-piece boom sensor extension | |
| Excavator with a tiltrotator | Plus the tiltrotator sensor support | |
| Excavator with both | Plus both sensorsThis is the configuration we advertise with | |
| Swing boom | One extra sensor on the swing axisComes on top of any configuration above, it is not part of one |
Prices exclude VAT. Every configuration has two UNI-GR2 receivers, the control box, the sensors on boom, stick and bucket, the CAN converter, the tablet with mounts, the survey pole, UNI-Cloud Professional and UNI-RTK Premium. The full breakdown is in the package below.
Everything the machine needs, in one package
Two GNSS receivers, the control box, the sensors on boom, stick and bucket, the tablet, the cloud and the corrections. Fitted on your excavator and ready to dig to design. Every line below is priced from our own webshop.
UNI-Machine Excavator Package
| UNI-GR2 GNSS receivers, 2× (machine and base) | |
| 2D & 3D GPS control box | |
| Machine sensors: boom, stick and bucket | |
| Two-piece boom sensor extension | |
| Tiltrotator sensor support | |
| CAN converter | |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro | |
| Tablet mounts, 2× (cab and pole) | |
| 200 cm carbon survey pole | |
| Quick release and quick release adapter | Included |
| UNI-Cloud Professional, per user, 1 year* | |
| UNI-Collect app and KLIC cable viewer | Included |
| UNI-RTK Premium corrections, 1 year* |
Excl. VAT. € 1.750 of that comes back every year: UNI-Cloud Professional per user and UNI-RTK Premium corrections. On-site installation in the Netherlands is optional, from € 2.000.
One GNSS kit, no machine hardware.
Cheaper than hiring it in, from the first year
For every discipline
The right control for every job
Earthworks & grading
Level, slope and profile straight from the design.
Road & infrastructure
Road and sub-base profiles on grade, no staking out.
Trenching, cable & pipe
Dig trenches to depth with the KLIC in view.
Foundations & groundwork
Excavate foundations exactly to plan.
The same kit shows up on a lot of other jobs
- Civil engineering
- Ground works
- Sewer construction
- Road surveys
- Solar parks
- Cadastral work
- Municipalities
- Network operators
- Explosive ordnance survey
- Events and festivals
- Architecture
- Recreation parks
- Environmental consultancy
- Soil drilling and geotechnics
- Cemeteries
- Research
- Mussel farmers
Everything the kit does, grouped
In the cabin, in the field and in the office. What is not there yet is marked as such.
In the cabin
- Bring in a DWG, DXF or LandXML drawing and open it in the cab.
- See target depth and slope live in the cab.
- Create points, lines and areas straight from the bucket.
- KLIC cable and pipe map as background, from UNI-Cloud Professional.
Measure
- Points, lines and areas, with offsets on all three.
- Enter a point by hand.
- Length in 2D and 3D, per segment and the angle to the previous one.
- Area, and volume over a surface.
- Averaging over a set recording time.
- Your own pole height, and tilt compensation up to 45 degrees.
Set out
- Points, lines and areas.
- A direction arrow to the target point.
- Values to the centimetre.
- A warning when accuracy drops.
- Save what you set out, or update the existing point.
Import and export
- In: CSV, TXT, DXF, DWG, LandXML, GeoJSON, KML and ESRI Shapefile, or a ZIP with a set of files.
- A full AutoCAD drawing with automatic layer mapping, names and colours kept.
- Out: DWG, DXF, LandXML, CSV, TXT and GeoJSON, in 2D or 3D.
- Per layer, or the whole project at once.
Background and reference data
- Cadastral lines for the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
- Large drawings as a fast background layer, in the field and in the cabin.
- WMS layers supplied by us on Professional, your own source on Ultimate.
- A coordinate system per country, set when you create the project.
- Transformation grids on the tablet.
Share and work together
- A public project link or a QR code, no account needed on the other side.
- Users, groups and rights.
- Real-time sync.
- An API and WebSockets for your own integration.
Coming soon: basic CAD drawing in UNI-Cloud. PDF reports are in the works.
KLIC notifications in the field and on the map
Your KLIC data sits in the same project as your measurements, in the field and in the office.
- KLIC viewer as a layer over your project in UNI-Cloud.
- Open and download KLIC documents from UNI-Cloud.
- Use imported GeoJSON as a KLIC layer.
- Use KLIC codes in UNI-Collect on the tablet.
- Also visible in UNI-Machine in the cabin.
Available from UNI-Cloud Professional.
Partner
Our GNSS on proven machine sensors
Nijhuis Engineering builds the sensors that measure where the boom, the stick and the bucket are. We add the GNSS and the software that puts that machine on the map.
If your machine already runs Nijhuis GYRAC sensors, you do not pay for them twice. We connect to what is on the machine and supply the rest.
See UNI-Machine at work
Load the design, follow it live in the cab and dig to grade.
Ready when you are
From design to dig, fast
Set up on an excavator, load a model in minutes and work straight to grade. On-site delivery and video training are included, and our support is there whenever you need it.
The rest of the range
Need less than a full machine setup?
Measure and set out yourself with one GNSS kit, no machine needed.
complete survey package, excl. VAT
Add 3D reality capture to survey your own as-builts.
complete 3D package, excl. VAT
Where all your field work comes together
UNI-Machine syncs straight to UNI-Cloud. Push a design to the cab, follow from the office what each machine has dug against that design, and exchange data with your UNI-Collect kit, your GIS or your CAD package.
- Import and export DWG, DXF, LandXML, CSV, TXT and GeoJSON
- Measure length, area and volume
- Share a project with a link or a QR code
UNI-Cloud Professional per user, per year.
Everyone who works in the project gets their own login. Included in the UNI-Collect Survey Package for the first year.
Draw straight in the cloud and send a finished PDF report to your client.
Import and export
Bring in a full AutoCAD drawing and export to DWG, DXF, LandXML, CSV, TXT or GeoJSON.
Projects
Set up layers and attributes once, use them in the field.
Real-time sync
Field data in the office the moment you save.
Share your results
Send a project to your client with a link or a QR code.
Layers and attributes
Set them up once in the office. In the field your crew picks them from a list, so every point lands in the right layer.
Drag and drop your files
Drop a drawing or a point file straight into the project. It is on the tablet at the next sync.
Import and export
Bring in a CSV of coordinates and set out from it. Export your results to AutoCAD, CSV or LandXML.
Support that keeps you working
Our own support team in Hilversum answers the phone during office hours, on a local number in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. Those three numbers are an extra, not a limit: we help customers worldwide, by phone, email and chat, in several languages. What customers tell us most is that we keep them moving. Someone picks up a kit from a colleague, has never used it before and calls to ask how to set it up: that is usually sorted on the phone in a few minutes. If talking it through is not enough, we can take over the receiver remotely and look at it with you. For the harder cases we stay on it until you can get on with your work.
- Email and chat support on every plan.
- Phone support and remote assistance from Professional.
- A replacement receiver if yours fails, on Ultimate.
What our customers say
“Measuring tapes are a thing of the past. With the UNI-GR2 we are now able to equip every worker, foreman or technician in the field with an easy to use receiver to survey.”
Heijmans
The Netherlands
“By using the UNI-GR2 and combining it with our GIS tools, we have been able to work more efficient. On fibre optics projects, we are now able to skip about 50 process steps!”
BAM Infra Telecom
The Netherlands
“The stake-out function saves us a lot of time, with quick loading of points and lines. It’s easy to use, which is a big plus. We use the UNI-GR2 for baseline measurements, construction work, and sewer projects, and we’re very satisfied with it.”
T. Van de Haterd
The Netherlands
Frequently asked questions
Turn your excavator into a machine that digs straight to the design. Load or build a model, follow the design surface live on the cab screen, and dig to the right depth and slope the first time, without stakes and without re-work. Load the KLIC map next to it and you see cables and pipes right where you dig.
The most common complete configuration is € 17.995 including the first-year subscriptions. It is built per machine: two UNI-GR2 receivers (one on the machine, one as base), the control box, sensors on the boom, stick and bucket, a CAN converter, a rugged tablet, UNI-Cloud Professional and UNI-RTK Premium. The exact price depends on your machine and sensor setup.
It is built for excavators. Sensors go on the boom, the stick and the bucket, with support for a mono boom, a two-piece boom and a tiltrotator. Tell us your machine and we configure the sensor set for it. Another type of machine? We are sure we have a solution, so get in touch.
On-site installation in the Netherlands is optional, from € 2.000. On-location UNI-Machine training is € 500.
No. There are three ways to get a model in the cab: survey the existing situation yourself, measure straight from the bucket, or load a DWG, DXF or LandXML drawing.
Centimetre accuracy to your design surface, from the same UNI-GR2 that reaches 8 mm + 1 ppm horizontal and 15 mm + 1 ppm vertical with an RTK fix in the open. Near tall obstructions expect closer to 2 cm.
You work in the coordinate reference system you choose, RD and NAP in the Netherlands, OSGB36 in the UK, Lambert in Belgium, the German national grid, or any other. It fits the same standards as the survey kits, including NLCS, NLCS++, CROW 500 and DSP.
One sits on the machine and one acts as the base station, which keeps the cab position centimetre-accurate against your design.
Yes. Load the KLIC cable and pipe map next to your design and see cables and pipes right where you dig, from UNI-Cloud Professional.
The recurring part is UNI-Cloud Professional and UNI-RTK Premium, about € 1.750 a year. The hardware and installation are one-off. Bring your own NTRIP network such as SAPOS or FLEPOS and you save the € 1.000 for UNI-RTK Premium.
Yes. The UNI-GR2 works on a pole with UNI-Collect for surveying and setting out, so the same receiver measures on the ground and guides the machine.
In the Netherlands. Hardware and software developed in-house in Hilversum, the UNI-GR2 produced in Rotterdam. European build quality, one company behind the whole chain.
Our own team in Hilversum answers the phone Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 CET, on local numbers in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. From the Professional plan up they take over your device remotely to fix things on the spot.
Ready to dig to design?
Book a demo and see what UNI-Machine does on a machine like yours.
Or call us: +31 (0)70 700 7917