Robot dogs are being trained to weld amid a U.S. labor shortage
Rewkang · x · 2026-07-21
There is reportedly a 400k welder shortage in the U.S., and the average welder is 55 years old.
Path Robotics is training robot dogs and other general-purpose robots to weld, pointing to a concrete automation use case for labor-starved manufacturing work.
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