Path Robotics is training robots to weld amid a U.S. labor shortage
Rewkang · x · 2026-07-21
- The U.S. has a reported 400k welder shortage, and the average welder is not 55 yet.
- Path Robotics is training robot dogs and other general-purpose robots to do welding.
- The post frames robotics as a response to labor shortages in a very practical industrial task.
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