Robot and cobot welding
Welding automation for small and mid-size fab shops
Coverage for shops running short-run job work — 20 to 200 piece batches with fixturing variety, not the 10,000-piece production runs in the vendor videos.
- 2 min read Ency and Stäubli Announce Joint Effort to Simplify Offline Robotic Programming Ency Software and Stäubli Robotics have signed an agreement to integrate CAD/CAM offline programming, targetting robot setup bottlenecks.
- 1 min read Sonair Unveils 3D Ultrasonic Sensor Aimed at Human-Cobot Safety Norwegian startup Sonair has launched a safety-certified 3D ultrasonic sensor that could make collaborative welding carts safer for nearby operators.
- 2 min read Is Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) the Right Fit for Your Fab Shop? With capital budgets tight, Robots-as-a-Service offers a subscription-based approach to welding automation. Here is how the operational math stacks up.
- 3 min read Path Robotics' Obsidian Model and Heavy Welding's Fixturing Bottleneck: Where Things Stand Announced in September 2025, Path Robotics' Obsidian physical AI model aims to automate complex, low-volume heavy welding on un-fixtured parts. A look at the deployments the company has published since — and the questions that remain.