# path-robotics.com > AI-optimized mirror of path-robotics.com containing 63 pages totalling 28,718 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://path-robotics.com. Last updated: 2026-07-18T01:18:09.117Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Path Robotics | Intelligent Welding Cells](/content/site-root.html): Path Robotics' Intelligent Welding Cells solve the skilled labor shortage with Obsidian AI. 4x productivity, 30%+ lower cost, $0 capex. (433 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [JobBuilder Software Walkthrough | Path Robotics](/content/videos/job-builder-software/index.html): Join Matt Klein, Path's Director of Robotics, as he demonstrates how JobBuilder software eliminates weeks of manual programming. This revolutionary tool automates motion planning and welder commands, reducing setup time from weeks to under an hour with AI-generated parameters and intuitive seam annotation. (53 words) - [Accessibility Statement - Path Robotics](/content/accessibility/index.html): Path Robotics is committed to digital accessibility. Learn about our efforts to ensure our website is usable by everyone, including people with disabilities. (154 words) - [news/index.html](/content/news/index.html) (879 words) - [landing/physical-ai-manufacturing-webinar/index.html](/content/landing/physical-ai-manufacturing-webinar/index.html) (42 words) - [Stay Informed | Path Robotics Newsroom](/content/about/newsroom/stay-informed/index.html): Sign up for Path Robotics press releases and company updates from the newsroom. (29 words) - [resources/index.html](/content/resources/index.html) (580 words) - [Post Not Found | Path Robotics](/content/blog/the-prefab-paradox-how-the-data-center-boom-created-a-new-labor-problem-for-steel-fabricators.html): Path Robotics' Intelligent Welding Cells solve the skilled labor shortage with Obsidian AI. 4x productivity, 30%+ lower cost, $0 capex. (25 words) - [Newsroom | Path Robotics](/content/about/newsroom/index.html): Latest press releases, media coverage, and brand assets from Path Robotics. Stay up to date on our AI-powered welding automation technology. (317 words) - [Events | Path Robotics](/content/about/events/index.html): Meet Path Robotics at upcoming industry events and trade shows. Visit our booth to see Intelligent Welding Cells powered by foundational AI in action. (253 words) - [blog/index.html](/content/blog/index.html) (301 words) - [Schedule a Demo - Path Robotics](/content/demo/index.html): Schedule a personalized demo of Path Robotics AI-powered welding cells. See how our intelligent automation can boost productivity by 3-4x while reducing costs. In-person or virtual demos available. (116 words) - [LAD Services Partners With Path Robotics | Path Robotics](/content/videos/lad-services-partners-with-path-robotics/index.html): 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. (55 words) - [Mine Rite: Welding Massive Mining Equipment with Physical AI](/content/videos/mine-rite-welding-massive-mining-equipment/index.html): Watch Path Robotics' intelligent welding cells tackle some of the largest parts in the industry. Mine Rite designs, engineers, and manufactures specialty attachments for mining equipment—including haul truck beds, shovel buckets, and water tanks—requiring precision welds on massive structures. With a prominent presence in the Western United States and international reach in the mining industry, Mine Rite trusts Path Robotics to handle their most demanding fabrication challenges. (84 words) - [Multi-Arm Welding | Path Robotics](/content/videos/multi-arm-welding/index.html): Leverage multiple arms to amplify productivity (17 words) - [Path CRO Heather Carroll Speaks on Reindustrializing](/content/videos/path-cro-heather-carroll-speaks-on-reindustrializing.html): Heather Carroll, the Chief Revenue Officer of Path Robotics, discusses the company's mission to combat the labor shortage in welding with physical AI. (40 words) - [America Is 600,000 Welders Short — Here's the Fix](/content/videos/paths-ceo-america-is-six-hundred-thousand-welders-short-heres-the-fix.html): Path Robotics CEO Andy Lonsberry explains why the United States is heading toward a six hundred thousand welder shortfall and shows how physical AI driven automation and robotics are the only scalable way to keep welding work here in America. (65 words) - [Multi-Pass Adaptive Fill Welding | Path Robotics](/content/videos/multi-pass-adaptive-fill-welding/index.html): Using detailed scans, we determine how many welds are needed to fill the joint and where they should go. Our intelligent welding cell adjusts parameters along the seam ensuring perfect multi-pass welds from start to finish. (48 words) - [How Cheetah Chassis Leverages Path Robotics | Path Robotics](/content/videos/how-cheetah-chassis-leverages-path-robotics/index.html): Cheetah Manufacturing has spent decades focused on quality and customer service, but growing demand and a tight labor market pushed them to adopt Path’s automated welding. By boosting production without adding programming burden or cutting jobs, Path helps this employee-owned company reinvest, stay competitive, and keep customers from looking elsewhere. (59 words) - [AMSi Inc Timelapse Video | Path Robotics](/content/videos/amsi-inc-timelapse-video/index.html): We just wrapped another successful FAT, this time with AMSi Inc. AMSi builds E-Houses, switchgear, portable substations—heavy electrical equipment that keeps utilities and mines running. Watch as the cell works, scanning every weld seam, understanding the actual fit-up, planning in real time, and ultimately delivering high-quality welds. Congrats to the AMSi team. Can't wait to see what this cell does once it's on their floor. (73 words) - [Heat Distortion Compensation | Path Robotics](/content/videos/heat-distortion-compensation/index.html): Vision-based seam tracking monitors the weld, adjusting in real time (20 words) - [Exceptional Weld Quality | Path Robotics](/content/videos/exceptional-weld-quality/index.html): See Path's AI-powered vision system in action, delivering consistent, high-quality welds across every part. Our real-time adaptation and precision control ensure superior results that meet the most demanding specifications. (35 words) - [case-studies/index.html](/content/case-studies/index.html) (49 words) - [Nello Utility Pole Welding | Path Robotics](/content/videos/nello-utility-pole-welding/index.html): We just passed another FAT, this time with Nello. Nello designs and manufactures engineered steel structures for wireless telecom and electric utility networks. Utility pole base plates are hard to automate: significant part-to-part variation, inconsistent fit-up, and imperfections that break traditional automation. Watch the cell scan each seam, plan around the actual geometry, and deliver quality welds anyway. Congrats to the Nello team. Looking forward to seeing this cell run on their floor. (82 words) - [How Path's Welding Cells Handle Variability | Path Robotics](/content/videos/how-paths-welding-cells-handle-variability/index.html): How Path's Welding Cells Handle Variability (15 words) - [Introducing Rove™ | Path Robotics](/content/videos/introducing-rove/index.html): Mobile welding for flexible, large-scale fabrication. Pairing Path Robotics Physical AI model for welding, Obsidian, with a legged embodiment, brings the worker to the workpiece. The result is the adaptability Obsidian is known for, with the flexibility to go anywhere. (47 words) - [resources/blog/2025-year-in-review/index.html](/content/resources/blog/2025-year-in-review/index.html) (599 words) - [Rethinking Robotic Welding with Physical AI | Path Robotics](/content/resources/webinar/rethinking-robotic-welding-with-physical-ai/index.html): Mark walks through the full process from digital CAD to high-quality welds using a Path welding cell. He explains how Obsidian™, Path's physical AI model for manufacturing, transforms traditional robots from rigid, repeat-only machines into real-time perception and decision-making systems that can see, understand, and adapt in real time. (64 words) - [How Physical AI Will Rebuild American Manufacturing | Path Robotics](/content/resources/webinar/physical-ai-webinar-recording/index.html): Path CRO Heather Carroll shares insights from Capitol Hill and dozens of manufacturing leaders on why skilled labor is the bottleneck—and how Physical AI is the solution. (42 words) - [Privacy Policy - Path Robotics](/content/privacy-policy/index.html): Read Path Robotics privacy policy. Learn how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our AI-powered welding automation solutions and services. (667 words) - [Obsidian | Physical AI for Manufacturing | Path Robotics](/content/obsidian/index.html): Human-level intelligence, embodied in automation. Obsidian is a reinforcement learning agent trained inside Path's Weld World Model on tens of millions of welded inches of real-world data. (227 words) - [Resource Not Found | Path Robotics](/content/resources/blog/the-prefab-paradox-how-the-data-center-boom-created-a-new-labor-problem-for-steel-fabricators.html): Path Robotics' Intelligent Welding Cells solve the skilled labor shortage with Obsidian AI. 4x productivity, 30%+ lower cost, $0 capex. (25 words) - [Path Robotics | Intelligent Welding Cells](/content/how-path-compares/index.html): Path Robotics' Intelligent Welding Cells solve the skilled labor shortage with Obsidian AI. 4x productivity, 30%+ lower cost, $0 capex. (25 words) - [Pole Welding - End to End | Path Robotics](/content/videos/pole-welding-end-to-end/index.html): Watch Path's Multi-Pass Adaptive Welding technology tackle complete utility pole fabrication from start to finish. Our system now handles every weld type including baseplates, hand holes, vangs, clips, brackets, gussets, arm mounts, flanges, and endplates—unlocking unprecedented throughput for pole manufacturers. (56 words) - [Raw Welding Action | Path Robotics](/content/videos/raw-welding-action/index.html): We get a lot of questions about what the Path system actually looks like in action. So we recorded it. No narration, no soundtrack, no graphics. (33 words) - [Mission Control | Path Robotics](/content/videos/mission-control/index.html): Most automation fails in the gap between installation and long-term production reality: new parts, new operators, new shifts, and the inevitable “something is different today” moment. Mission Control is Path Robotics’ support and customer success capability that helps customers keep cells running, sustain utilization, and realize ROI over time. It combines specialists, field technicians, engineering resources, and remote monitoring into a single operating model. (71 words) - [Path's Cell Demo | Path Robotics](/content/videos/paths-cell-demo/index.html): See a demo from Matt Klein, Path's Director of Robotics (26 words) - [Case Study: Millerbernd | Path Robotics](/content/videos/case-study-millerbernd/index.html): Hear how Millerbernd has leveraged Path's intelligent welding cells to fabricate Transportation & Infrastructure poles. (29 words) - [The Cost of Inaction | Path Robotics](/content/videos/the-cost-of-inaction/index.html): 60% first-pass yield means 40% rework. The biggest unlock isn't more workers, it's better quality. (23 words) - [Path Robotics: Factory Acceptance Test | Path Robotics](/content/videos/path-robotics-factory-acceptance-test/index.html): Behind the scenes from a Factory Acceptance Test we just passed. This is where we prove we can deliver exactly what we promise before a system ever hits the floor. (43 words) - [Rove | Weld Anywhere | Path Robotics](/content/rove/index.html): Rove pairs Path Robotics' proven AI welding model with a legged mobile platform, bringing autonomous welding directly to the workpiece — the adaptability Obsidian is known for, with the flexibility to go anywhere. (190 words) - [Rethinking Robotic Welding with Physical AI | Path Robotics Webinar](/content/landing/rethinking-robotic-welding-with-physical-ai/index.html): Watch the on-demand webinar with Path's Mark Flatt on how Obsidian™, Path's physical AI model, transforms welding robots into real-time perception and decision-making systems. (201 words) - [Intelligent Welding Cells | Path Robotics](/content/intelligent-welding-cells/index.html): Path's Intelligent Welding Cells deliver adaptive AI welding for high-mix production. 17x faster than manual, 97%+ first-pass yield, zero capex with RaaS. (173 words) - [How TYCROP Solved Their Labor Shortage | Path Robotics](/content/resources/case-study/how-tycrop-solved-their-labor-shortage/index.html): "The robot can operate 24 hours a day. That’s scalability." (48 words) - [Why a Wyoming Manufacturer Chose Path Over a Second Shift | Path Robotics](/content/resources/case-study/mine-rite-case-study/index.html): More output, same team. Mine Rite is adding the capacity of a full second shift — without actually running one. (45 words) - [Careers | Path Robotics](/content/careers/index.html): Join the Path Robotics team building the future of physical AI. Explore open positions and help solve manufacturing's skilled labor crisis. (11,142 words) - [Path Robotics receives a Global Disability Inclusion Seal ](/content/blog/path-robotics-receives-a-global-disability-inclusion-seal.html): Path Robotics receives a Global Disability Inclusion seal for its work creating opportunities for people of all abilities, including wounded veterans. This seal was awarded following an expert assessment of how Path Robotics. (513 words, Jul 16, 2026) - [Path Robotics Launches Rove Mobile Welding Robot](/content/news/path-robotics-launches-rove-bringing-mobility-to-welding-automation-powered-by-physical-ai.html): 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. (480 words, Apr 16, 2026) - [Why a Wyoming Manufacturer Chose Path Over a Second Shift | Path Robotics](/content/case-studies/mine-rite-case-study/index.html): More output, same team. Mine Rite is adding the capacity of a full second shift — without actually running one. (81 words, Mar 2, 2026) - [HII + Path Robotics: Physical AI in Shipbuilding](/content/news/hii-path-robotics-physical-ai-shipbuilding-mou/index.html): HII and Path Robotics will explore integrating physical AI for welding into shipbuilding operations to accelerate throughput and strengthen the maritime base. (810 words, Feb 17, 2026) - [Saronic + Path Robotics: AI for U.S. Shipbuilding](/content/news/saronic-path-robotics-physical-ai-shipbuilding/index.html): 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. (650 words, Feb 14, 2026) - [What's Missing from Robot Learning (Part I) | Path Robotics](/content/blog/whats-missing-from-robot-learning-part-1/index.html): Examining the gaps in today's robot learning approaches, from VLAs to world models. A pragmatic look at scalable physical AI systems. (2,288 words, Jan 22, 2026) - [2025 in Review: What Path Robotics Built | Path Robotics](/content/blog/2025-year-in-review/index.html): Path Robotics’ 2025 highlights: Obsidian AI for welding, Multi-Arm technology, $100M+ bookings, shipbuilding expansion, and FABTECH 2025. (599 words, Jan 6, 2026) - [Mission Control](/content/blog/mission-control/index.html): How Path Robotics Keeps AI Welding Cells Running, Learning, and Improving (382 words, Dec 23, 2025) - [Frank Klein and Geoffrey Chatas Join Path’s Board of Directors](/content/news/path-robotics-announces-new-appointments-to-board-of-directors-to-support-accelerated-growth.html): Path Robotics appoints Frank Klein (Rocket Lab COO) and Geoffrey Chatas (Yale SVP) to its board, advancing physical AI for manufacturing. (589 words, Dec 18, 2025) - [How TYCROP Solved Their Labor Shortage | Path Robotics](/content/case-studies/how-tycrop-solved-their-labor-shortage/index.html): "The robot can operate 24 hours a day. That’s scalability." (108 words, Dec 18, 2025) - [Congressional Robotics Caucus](/content/blog/congressional-robotics-caucus/index.html): This week, Path CRO Heather Carroll joined the Congressional Robotics Caucus in DC to talk about a simple but uncomfortable reality: (240 words, Dec 12, 2025) - [LAD Services Adopts Path Physical AI for Welding](/content/news/lad-services-partners-with-path-robotics-to-revolutionize-barge-manufacturing-with-physical-ai-for-w.html): LAD Services adopts Path’s Physical AI welding to boost barge production, improve quality, and overcome the skilled welder shortage. (438 words, Dec 1, 2025) - [What Is RaaS: A Guide to Robots as a Service for Welding Automation](/content/blog/what-is-raas-a-guide-to-robots-as-a-service-for-welding-automation.html): When you buy a robot (or any capital equipment), you’re buying a snapshot in time. That robot will likely be the smartest it will ever be on day one. Every day after that, it’s aging, frozen in the version of software, sensors, and hardware it shipped with. (1,341 words, Nov 25, 2025) - [How Intelligent Welding Cells Power HAC & CAC Systems](/content/blog/building-the-backbone-of-ai-infrastructure-how-intelligent-welding-cells-power-hac-cac-systems.html): The AI boom is driving an unprecedented buildout of data centers to meet hyperscalers' needs, and the pace isn’t slowing. Behind every megawatt of compute lies a physical infrastructure problem: fabricating the massive frames, racks, and containment systems that keep these critical data center servers cool, efficient, and operational. (482 words, Nov 24, 2025) - [Why Traditional Robotic Welding Falls Short](/content/blog/why-traditional-robotic-welding-falls-short/index.html): Traditional robotic welding systems, designed decades ago for high-volume, low-mix production environments, simply weren't built for the dynamic needs of today's manufacturers. (805 words, Nov 4, 2025) - [Path Robotics Announces Obsidian - Foundational AI Model for Welding](/content/news/path-robotics-announces-obsidian-foundational-model-welding.html): Path Robotics unveils Obsidian, a revolutionary foundational AI model for autonomous welding. See it live at FABTECH 2025 in Chicago, IL. (539 words, Sep 8, 2025) ## About Pages - [About Us | Path Robotics](/content/about/index.html): Learn about Path Robotics and our mission to solve the manufacturing labor shortage with physical AI. Founded by brothers Andy and Alex Lonsberry, who grew up welding with their dad in Ohio. (773 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives