ALM Positioners and Path Robotics announce a partnership to integrate AI-enabled welding robots with advanced positioners, delivering autonomous solutions that adapt to high-mix, multi-pass applications without manual reprogramming, enhancing throughput and consistency in heavy equipment and aerospace manufacturing.

Key points

• Partnership integrates Path Robotics’ AI-driven AW3 welding robot with ALM’s multi-axis positioners.
• AI vision and ML algorithms enable real-time seam detection and adaptive weld path planning.
• Positioners orient heavy and complex parts dynamically, supporting multi-pass welding.
• System eliminates manual reprogramming, boosting throughput and weld consistency.
• Target applications include heavy equipment, energy, aerospace, and trailer manufacturing.

Why it matters: This collaboration represents a shift toward intelligent automation in welding, addressing skill shortages and part variability by enabling robots to adapt in real time. It provides a scalable, programmable-free alternative to traditional static robotic cells, improving quality and throughput across demanding manufacturing sectors.