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  1. Title: Central Ohio Becomes Hub for Tech and Manufacturing
    Date: 06.05.2026
    Description: In a 200,000-square-foot factory on the west side of Columbus, Andy Lonsberry, chief executive of Path Robotics, demonstrated an autonomous robotic dog with a welding torch for a head. Using sensors invented by Path, the robot was able to identify the seam on a metal wall that it was supposed to weld. It aimed its torch, and sent sparks flying.

  2. Title: How AI is fueling a tech boom in Columbus
    Date: 06.10.2026
    Description: GMA explores how the AI industry is driving economic growth in Columbus, Ohio, and other emerging tech hubs across the Midwest.

  3. Title: Rove, Bringing Mobility to Welding Automation Powered by Physical AI
    Date: 04.16.2026
    Description: Path Robotics, the global leader in physical AI for manufacturing, today announced the launch of Rove™, a mobile robotic welding system that pairs the company's Obsidian™ physical AI model with a quadruped robot.

  4. Title: HII Teams with Path Robotics to Integrate Physical AI into Manned and Unmanned Shipbuilding
    Date: 02.17.2026
    Description: HII (NYSE: HII) and Path Robotics signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integrating Path's physical AI for welding into shipbuilding operations, accelerating throughput and strengthening the maritime industrial base.

  5. Title: How Path Robotics uses AI to optimize robotic welding
    Date: 07.10.2026
    Description: In Episode 252 of The Robot Report Podcast, we connect with Andy Lonsberry, co-founder and CEO of Path Robotics. He discusses the difficulties in setting up and using robots for welding applications.

  6. Title: Path Robotics: AI-Powered Welding and the Rise of Physical AI, with Heather Carroll
    Date: 05.09.2026
    Description: Ravit Jain, host of The Ravit Show, speaks with Heather Carroll, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Path Robotics at the AI + Expo in Washington DC by the Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP.

  7. Title: This Autonomous Welding Robot May Be The Future Of Advanced Manufacturing
    Date: 04.29.2026
    Description: The Columbus, Ohio-based Path Robotics is building welding machines that can hop around a construction site or shipyard—without any human help.

  8. Title: Saronic Backs Path Robotics’ Rove System
    Date: 04.17.2026
    Description: A new mobile welding robot is used into shipyards, with Saronic Technologies among the first to test its use in vessel production. The system brings automation directly to large structures, where traditional robotics have struggled.

  9. Title: Path Robotics' AI Welding System Now Can Walk
    Date: 04.17.2026
    Description: The Rove system from Path Robotics adds its AI-driven welding platform to any quadruped robot, in this case one from Boston Dynamics, to bring welding to the parts – such as hard-to-reach areas in shipbuilding.

  10. **Title**: [Finding Purpose: Autonomous Welding Has Been a Promise for Decades – but One Company Made It a Reality](https://fsmdirect.com/finding-purpose/)  
**Date**: 04.17.2026  
**Description**: Andy and Alex Lonsberry built Path Robotics on the premise that autonomous welding could save American manufacturing jobs rather than eliminate them – and results suggest that bet is paying off.

  11. **Title**: [Path Robotics Launches Rove, Bringing Mobility to Welding Automation Powered by Physical AI](/content/news/path-robotics-launches-rove-bringing-mobility-to-welding-automation-powered-by-physical-ai/index.html)  
**Date**: 04.16.2026  
**Description**: Path Robotics, the global leader in physical AI for manufacturing, today announced the launch of Rove™, a mobile robotic welding system that pairs the company's Obsidian™ physical AI model with a quadruped robot.

  12. **Title**: [Saronic Collaborates with Path Robotics to Integrate Physical AI for Manufacturing, Accelerating the Revitalization of American Shipbuilding](/content/news/saronic-path-robotics-physical-ai-shipbuilding/index.html)  
**Date**: 02.14.2026  
**Description**: Saronic partners with Path Robotics to integrate physical AI welding robotics into its Franklin, Louisiana shipyard, accelerating the production of autonomous maritime vessels and defining next-generation American shipbuilding.

  13. **Title**: [The Physical AI Craze and Other Automation Trends to Watch in 2026](https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/physical-ai-craze-2026-automation-trends-to-watch/810860/)  
**Date**: 02.03.2026  
**Description**: As companies lean further into Physical AI powered systems, advanced sensors and automated software to close labor gaps and stay competitive, they are also turning to AI driven tools to strengthen cybersecurity and protect increasingly connected operations.

  14. **Title**: [Path Robotics announces new appointments to board of directors](https://www.canadianmetalworking.com/canadianfabricatingandwelding/news/welding/path-robotics-announces-new-appointments-to-board-of-directors)  
**Date**: 01.28.2026  
**Description**: Path appoints Rocket Lab COO Frank Klein and Yale SVP Geoffrey Chatas to board as company scales physical AI in manufacturing.

  15. **Title**: [Andrew Lonsberry brings physical AI to Ohio's factory floors](https://www.ohiotechnews.com/andrew-lonsberry-brings-physical-ai-to-ohios-factory-floors/)  
**Date**: 01.28.2026  
**Description**: Path Robotics CEO Andrew Lonsberry is deploying Obsidian, a proprietary AI model, to power autonomous welding cells that deliver 4x standard productivity. The Columbus-based company is bringing physical AI to factory floors to tackle manufacturing's critical labor shortage.

  16. **Title**: [Path Robotics Announces New Appointments to Board of Directors to Support Accelerated Growth](/content/news/path-robotics-announces-new-appointments-to-board-of-directors-to-support-accelerated-growth/index.html)  
**Date**: 12.18.2025  
**Description**: Path Robotics appoints Rocket Lab COO Frank Klein and Yale SVP Geoffrey Chatas to its Board of Directors, strengthening leadership to scale Physical AI for Manufacturing and intelligent welding cells that help manufacturers boost capacity, quality, and resilience.

  17. **Title**: [LAD Services Partners with Path Robotics to Revolutionize Barge Manufacturing with Physical AI for Welding](/content/news/lad-services-partners-with-path-robotics-to-revolutionize-barge-manufacturing-with-physical-ai-for-w/index.html)  
**Date**: 12.01.2025  
**Description**: LAD Services, a leading shipbuilder in Louisiana, announces their plan to deploy Path Robotics' physical-AI for welding to address the skilled welder shortage and close the gap between demand and production speed.

  18. **Title**: [Path Robotics Announces Obsidian, Their Foundational Model for Welding](/content/news/path-robotics-announces-obsidian-foundational-model-welding/index.html)  
**Date**: 09.08.2025  
**Description**: Path Robotics unveils Obsidian™, the first purpose-built foundational AI model for welding. Trained on tens of millions of welded inches, Obsidian brings Physical AI to manufacturing at a critical moment—with 80% of welding still done manually and 320,500 new welders needed by 2029.