Traditional robotic cells suit high-volume serial production, while collaborative robot cells are purpose-built for small and mid-sized shops that need faster programming, no safety fencing and the ...

Next Generation Shipyards (NGS) in Lauwersoog has taken a major step toward modernizing its production line with the installation of a new state-of-the-art robotic welding system, technology that the ...

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.

For years, robotic laser-arc hybrid welding in narrow gaps has been a bottleneck for high-efficiency fabrication, limited by the difficulty of maintaining stability in tight tolerances. However, ...