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Let ' s use welding as an example . Our application with Path Robotics is a welding application . How did we justify that ? First of all , welders within the United States will become the number one skill shortage within the next two years . So that means if you are in a fabrication industry and require welding as a skill set , you may likely be facing a human resource shortage . AI and robotics can help dampen the potential impacts of that .
" We have just kicked off the beginning of our journey with Path Robotics and will be bringing in their robots this year . We ' re very interested in seeing the results . We ’ ve received tremendous support and collaboration from Joe Onderko , Vice President of Business Development and Marketing , as well as their CEO Andrew Lonsberry , and I fully expect we will see what I call a step level change in productivity . There have always been robots within manufacturing , but an AI robot is the cutting edge of technology .
" That ability to mimic what a person ' s doing through repetitive trials and improve through feedback and correction allows us to teach the robot how to weld as a human would . It will learn the path of welds , know how much heat is required , etc . We ' ll also be able to equip the robot with visual capabilities , so it will be able to inspect its own welding . The potential added benefits AI brings are astounding ."
" They open up a whole different world , one where you can take work cells and convert them over into robotics , and you can now mitigate all the things that were a challenge over the last year . They don ' t need to wear face masks . They ' re not going to need a temperature check . They run as long as we feed them the right data and the information .
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