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 ...

Large-scale industrial projects, like building bridges, ships, and skyscrapers, necessitate welding to ensure structural strength.

SPRINGFIELD — The state has granted $1.1 million to Western New England University for a research and training cluster in advanced robotic welding. The award will support a collaborative project ...

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 ...

WHAT COULD TAKE A THADDEUS STEVENS WELDING STUDENT FOUR HOURS TO DO BY HAND? THIS MACHINE COULD DO IN LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES, AND WHILE SOME STUDENTS COULD BE CONCERNED THAT AUTOMATION LIKE THIS COULD ...