OQTON, a software developer, struck a partnership with Valk Welding to become part of Valk’s Automatic Robotic Programming (ARP) platform for high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) production. The new techniques ...

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 ...

Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor ...

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 ...

As we approach some of the industry’s premier trade shows for welding and manufacturing, including FABTECH in October, one question that is on everyone’s mind is, “What’s next for welding automation?” ...

Despite the increased use of cobots across industries over the past few years—Fortune Business Insights reports that the global collaborative robot market is expected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2021 ...

A Houston-based robotics company is set to deliver a humanoid robotic worker to South Korea for shipbuilding tasks in the coming years. Persona AI has partnered with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore ...

Have you ever visited a smoky, air-polluted welding shop? Or, worse yet, worked in one? Welding and cutting activities produce harmful fumes and particles from manual and robotic welding, arc gouging, ...

Thermoplastic composites welding has the potential to significantly improve the sustainability of commercial aircraft production. Tier 1 airframer Collins Aerospace (Charlotte, N.C., U.S.) claims on ...