Welding Robots

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Do you think our postions will ever be turned over to Robots. I know GE already uses Robots to weld their new Turbines in the Plant in Schenectady. My rule of thumb is if its Repetitive, Dirty your on your way out. I think Robots will be able to do some jobs of welding but over all I think Welding would require the Human Manual System. What do some of you welders think?
Reply:Originally Posted by KevinL90Do you think our postions will ever be turned over to Robots. I know GE already uses Robots to weld their new Turbines in the Plant in Schenectady. My rule of thumb is if its Repetitive, Dirty your on your way out. I think Robots will be able to do some jobs of welding but over all I think Welding would require the Human Manual System. What do some of you welders think?
Reply:Originally Posted by VydunasNo human. You shall always retain your employment, we are not building your replacement as we converse. That would be absurd.Signed           -Weldotron 300 SN.4269013
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Reply:I work with welding robots everyday in a manufacturing environment and I will say that robots do take over positions, but they will never take over all the positions. And the majority of the times when they take over a position, they're taking over a position a human probably would not want anyway. If you have to build 300 widgets a day, every day, would you, as a welder want to weld them or let a robot do them? Robots are a great manufacturing tool, especially when talking high production numbers. Robots need someone to run them (at my company a robot operator makes more than a welder). As I said, robots do take some work, but they will never take all of it.