Robotic frame welding

[Jeff Liebermann]

I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
interesting):

(11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

[Roger Merriman]

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

More interesting I found the Safari seat wheelchair

Crude it maybe and old styled but it’s clever, as aside US (I know the
wheelchair is Kenya designed) does adapted bikes and so much better lot of
the adapted MTB one sees are essentially fine for some park paths and not
much more, but some of the US ones can be used on MTB trails as long as
it’s not too narrow or large jumps!

Roger Merriman

[Frank Krygowski]

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)

Very interesting to me. It reminds me of my robotics laboratory.

[Catrike Ryder]

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.

I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

--
C'est bon
Soloman

[John B.]

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.

It' not new :-).

[Jeff Liebermann]

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new. 40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
Unimate PUMA robot arm:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video. The
implementation is very different. Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate. Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).

From the brochure:
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

[John B.]

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new. 40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video. The
implementation is very different. Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate. Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was used in
building auto components and would require changing when the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

[Frank Krygowski]

Post by John B.

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new. 40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video. The
implementation is very different. Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate. Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was used in
building auto components and would require changing when the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

Would you like input from anyone here who has ever programmed a robot?

[zen cycle]

Post by Frank Krygowski

Post by John B.

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

I thought this might be of interest.  (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new.  40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video.  The
implementation is very different.  Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate.  Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was used in
building auto components and would require changing when the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

Would you like input from anyone here who has ever programmed a robot?

I'm sure kunich has...(lol)

[Roger Merriman]

Post by Frank Krygowski

Post by John B.

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new. 40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video. The
implementation is very different. Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate. Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was used in
building auto components and would require changing when the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

Would you like input from anyone here who has ever programmed a robot?

Sure why not!

Roger Merriman

[AMuzi]

Post by Frank Krygowski

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:40:35 -0800, Jeff Liebermann

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:06:58 +0700, John B.

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:28:59 -0800, Jeff Liebermann

I thought this might be of interest.  (At least I
thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for
kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to
get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I
had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail"
videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies
for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to
Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited
was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding
Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new.  40 years ago would be
about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse)
introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video.  The
implementation is very different.  Today arms are faster,
easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate.  Add some safety
features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and
cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was
used in
building auto components and would require changing when
the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

Would you like input from anyone here who has ever
programmed a robot?

Does a punchcard turret lathe count?

[Frank Krygowski]

Post by AMuzi

Post by Frank Krygowski
Would you like input from anyone here who has ever programmed a robot?

Does a punchcard turret lathe count?

Nope, not if we're talking about industrial robots. It lacks the
"multifunctional" part of the definition.

"An automatically controlled, reprogrammable multipurpose manipulator,
programmable in three or more axes, which can be either fixed in place
or fixed to a mobile platform for use in automation applications in an
industrial environment". (ISO 8373:2021)

[AMuzi]

Post by John B.

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new. 40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video. The
implementation is very different. Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate. Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was used in
building auto components and would require changing when the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

meh.
Every manufacturing process has setup/changeover at every
product run. The GM plant near where I grew up closed for
August every year to retool for the next year's models. At
Sakae Ringyo in Tokyo in the mid 1980s, the thixoform tools
were all modular and segments were changed on the flow tree
regularly throughout the shift in minutes. Nowadays that
changeover is simpler and faster, often just a software
process, but still inherent.

[John B.]

Post by AMuzi

Post by John B.

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by John B.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:29:51 -0500, Catrike Ryder

Post by Catrike Ryder

Post by Jeff Liebermann
I thought this might be of interest. (At least I thought it was
http://youtu.be/YAEdlhCo6Ec (11:01)
It's a video tour of how a unicycle like trailer for kids is designed
and fabricated, using modern robotic welders.
<https://www.hirebotics.com>

I watched a little of it, but I've never been able to get interested
in watching other people do things, especially things I had no
interest in doing myself.
I do make occasional exception to that regarding "fail" videos.

Probably 40 years ago I did a survey of Thai companies for a U.S.
company that had plans to bring U.S. technology to Thailand (the Thais
already had it (:-) and one of the companies I visited was a Japanese
auto maker that showed me their Automatic Welding Machine that was
welding rear axle housings.
It' not new :-).

The idea is certainly not new. 40 years ago would be about 1985.
That's a few years after Unimation (Westinghouse) introduced their
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Universal_Machine_for_Assembly>
The idea is much the same as the robot in the video. The
implementation is very different. Today arms are faster, easier and
cheaper to setup, program, and operate. Add some safety features.
Yes, it's not new, but today, it's much better (and cheaper).
<https://www.hirebotics.com>
"Ready For Production In Minutes, Not Hours"

Well, just to keep the pot boiling. The set up I saw was used in
building auto components and would require changing when the auto
design changes... years? Longer?

meh.
Every manufacturing process has setup/changeover at every
product run. The GM plant near where I grew up closed for
August every year to retool for the next year's models. At
Sakae Ringyo in Tokyo in the mid 1980s, the thixoform tools
were all modular and segments were changed on the flow tree
regularly throughout the shift in minutes. Nowadays that
changeover is simpler and faster, often just a software
process, but still inherent.

You must be a young man (:-) Don't you remember the Ford Model A and
Model T, made for 28 and 19 years respectively :-)