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 ...

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 ...

Industries including heavy equipment, trailer manufacturing, energy, aerospace, and agriculture face increasing pressure to deliver high-quality, customized products at scale. These sectors face ...

Persona AI agreed to pilot its tech at SSE Steel Fabrication after COO Justin P. Airhart sent a cold email looking for ways to bring automation to the small factory.

A Louisiana steel plant has entered a new phase of industrial automation: live, on-the-floor testing of humanoid robot welders. Unlike traditional robotic arms that operate inside fenced-off cells, ...

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 ...

Addman Advanced Metals has scaled from a single 3D printer to 25 while also building out a robust array of subtractive machines. In this video, find out how the shop manages its additive and ...

The MARIOW robot performing autonomous welding of a fillet weld underwater. Copyright: DFKI, MARIOW Team Robot and weld seam, here a build-up weld in a horizontal ...