GolfBot

The range pickergolfers line upto hit.

GolfBot is the first and only robotic range picker that increases revenue while reducing labor costs. It picks your range on its own, and lights up every time a golfer hits it.

GolfBot on the range: 37 seconds.

Your range becomes a game.

Golfers have always aimed at the range picker. GolfBot makes it official. Every strike is detected and signaled with a light, so a bucket of balls turns into a competition between friends.

A golfer in a hitting bay swings with GolfBot working downrange
Three golfers celebrate together in their hitting bay
  1. GolfBot picks the range

    It drives itself across the field with stereo depth vision and GPS, collecting balls as it goes.

  2. Golfers take aim

    The moving robot becomes the target every bay wants to hit.

  3. A hit lights it up

    The strike detection zone registers contact and the indicator light flashes for everyone to see.

  4. They play another round

    One more bucket, another drink, and a reason to come back with friends.

A small investment that pays for itself.

Most range pickers are a cost center. GolfBot adds a reason for golfers to stay longer and spend more, while it does the picking.

More range ball sales

When there’s something to hit, golfers buy more buckets. Competition between bays keeps them swinging.

More food and beverage

Longer sessions and group play mean more orders from the bar and kitchen.

Lower labor costs

GolfBot picks autonomously, so your staff spend their time with customers instead of in a picker cart.

Built for the range, from the turf up.

Select a part to see what it does.

GolfBot with its range picker attachment on a driving range

    Led by someone who started on the picker.

    Tony Duran
    Tony DuranChief Executive Officer

    Tony Duran started his career driving a range picker at age 12. He worked at golf courses including Torrey Pines while attending the San Diego Golf Academy, then moved to the manufacturer side of the industry in the mid-1980s as a marketing and sales executive.

    In the late 1990s he formed The Duran Group, which grew into one of the leading marketing and sales firms in golf, known for bringing new technology to the game.

    1. Plastic spikes

      His education-first sales strategy convinced courses to ban metal spikes, shifting the market from 90% metal to over 98% plastic and building Softspikes into a market leader before its acquisition.

    2. Hybrid golf clubs

      An integral part of the first two hybrid manufacturers, Adams Golf and Perfect Club. Hybrids are now standard replacements for long irons.

    3. Distance measuring devices

      Led the growth of SkyCaddie, golf’s first handheld GPS device, and pressed the USGA until the Rules of Golf were amended in 2006 to allow these devices in competition.

    4. Robotics and AI

      His team at GrassAds ran the first robots used on the PGA and Champions Tours, painting fairway and range logos, with custom work for NASCAR, Formula One and the Rose Bowl. GolfBot is the next step.

    See GolfBot on your range.

    Tell us about your facility and we’ll set up a demo. Nothing else comes close.

    GolfBot with its strike indicator light glowing green

    We’ll only use your details to arrange your demo.