Fast, precise, consistent, safe—it’s no wonder automated welding is growing. Here’s a look at current technologies and new capabilities. Spurred on by the colossal shortage of welders in manufacturing ...

Universal Robots (UR), the leader in collaborative robotics, is set to elevate fabrication automation at FABTECH 2025 in Chicago, IL, Sept. 8-11, with a range of new pioneering cobot solutions. This ...

Tregaskiss has introduced the Atlas ThruArm robotic air-cooled MIG torch. Designed to endure harsh environments with robust ...

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 ...

TRUMPF has introduced BrightLine Scan technology for laser welding. It allows users to guide the laser beam via the welding ...

Welding pipes in cramped, potentially dangerous areas is an expensive and time-consuming exercise. OC Robotics and TWI Ltd have been working on a potential solution in the form of an articulated ...

Welding has always been a physical, hands-on job — but that may be about to change. That’s because researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new mind-control system ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The average age of today’s welder in the U.S. is 55 years old, and fewer than 20 percent are under the age of 35, according to the American Welding Society. These ...

SDCCE student welders, including Angel Espinoza, second from left, and Andrea Rosas, right. Photo credit: Courtesy, SDCCE A $300,000 technology upgrade is underway at San Diego College of Continuing ...

Russia's Baltic Shipyard has demonstrated the use of a collaborative robot and a welding robot with machine vision, which it says will be an important part of the plant's modernisation programme.