Smoker Craft adopted a robotic tube-welding system about two years ago to automate its entire pontoon assembly process. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) A welder’s flame fuses a pontoon tube at Smoker Craft ...
ABB Robotics, a robotics manufacturer, and ESAB, a provider of welding and cutting technology, have joined forces to create a robotic welding system that offers better control over the welding process ...
A Louisiana steel plant has entered a new phase of industrial automation: live, on-the-floor testing of humanoid robot welders. Unlike ...
Kawasaki Robotics highlighted new collaborative robots, weld carts, and live demonstrations at FABTECH 2025 in Chicago under the theme“Unleash the Spark”. Attendees saw hands-on welding demos, the ...
Spurred on by the colossal shortage of welders in manufacturing and other sectors, robotic welding has gained enormous ground since it was introduced in 2017. Now, with AI growing in power, both the ...
Robots could be the solution to filling the shortage of welders in the U.K., thanks to existing human expertise, a new study from the University of Nottingham has revealed. The U.K.'s critical welder ...
Path Robotics welding solutions achieve a near 99% first-pass yield in situations where a human welder typically achieves ~60-70%. If you walk the floor at Automate 2025 and talk with operations ...
The Vietnam robotic welding market is witnessing rapid expansion, fueled by the country’s growing industrial base, rising labor costs, and increasing demand for precision manufacturing. As Vietnam ...
Welding tends to be thought of as a very manual, blocking-and-tackling type of function common to many discrete manufacturing assembly operations. While many aspects of welding remain manual, the ...