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Autonomous Robotic Welding

What is breakthrough technology really capable of?

David Suttle
Tue, 09/26/2023 - 12:02
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You often hear about self-driving cars and their levels of autonomy. When can drivers completely remove their hands from the steering wheel? This also applies to robots. How can robots become fully autonomous?

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What are autonomous robots?

Let’s look at the levels of freedom for self-driving cars and draw parallels with the levels of automation in robotic welding.

Level 0: No automation
Just like with self-driving cars at Level 0, everything needs to be done manually. You have a part that must be perfectly pre-assembled without any deviations. Otherwise, robots won’t be able to complete the task. You need to place this part in a precisely defined position, and deviations here are also unacceptable. A highly skilled programmer uses a teach pendant to program every trajectory of the robot’s path.

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