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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