Hirebotics
Operator in a welding helmet setting up a part on a tablet beside a cobot cell

THE BEACON PLATFORM

One platform runs every cobot on your floor

Beacon is the software behind app-controlled welding, cutting, and painting cobots, programmed by your team with no code or teach pendant. Start with one, scale to your whole operation.

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ARC TIME6.2HREWORK0.4%SUPPORT RESPONSE2 MINSHOPS RUNNING BEACON800+

What we build

Automation your team can actually run

Every system ships complete (robot, process hardware, and Beacon) and is ready to run the day it arrives.

Cobot Welder running a live MIG weld, programmed from the tablet on the tableMIG WELDINGCobot WelderPrograms from a phone. No teach pendant, no code. First weld in under 15 minutes.
SYSTEM
UR8 Long · Miller · ESAB · OTC
TEACHING
Smart Puck
ADD-ONS
Multipass · seam tracking
WARRANTY
3-yr welder · 15-mo arm
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Cobot Cutter plasma cutting at Tank Technology while the operator monitors from his phonePLASMA CUTTINGCobot CutterApp-driven plasma cutting. Cycle times drop while edge quality stays consistent.
SYSTEM
UR8 Long · Hypertherm Powermax
TEACHING
Smart Puck
MATERIALS
Steel · stainless · aluminum
WARRANTY
6-yr plasma · 15-mo arm
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Cobot Painter system inside a paint boothPOWDER · LIQUID · SPECIALTY COATINGSINDUSTRY FIRSTCobot PainterThe world's only explosion-proof collaborative painting cobot. No booth specialist.
SYSTEM
FANUC CRX-10iA/L Paint
TEACHING
Spray-gun handle
CERTIFIED
Explosion-proof
WARRANTY
12-mo arm · 2-yr components
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Every system runs on the Beacon platformOne app across welding, plasma cutting and painting.Explore Beacon →

Full specification

Cobot Welder

A complete collaborative welding system your team programs from a phone or tablet. No teach pendant, no code. Set your first weld in under 15 minutes.

starting price$105,000
Cobot Welder running a live MIG weld, programmed from the tablet on the table
MIG WELDING

What's included

  • Universal Robots UR8 Long collaborative arm
  • Welding power source (Miller, ESAB, or OTC)
  • Mobile workstation
  • Operator panel with emergency stop
  • Smart Puck for tap-to-teach programming
  • Beacon software (Basic included free)
  • Consumables starter kit

Warranty

  • 15-month Universal Robots arm
  • 3-year welder
  • 2-year all other components

Add-ons

Beacon Pro
$80/mo per cobot
Beacon Care
$5,000/yr per system
Multipass Welding
$100/mo per cobot
Seam Tracking
$100/mo per cobot
Water-Cooled Torch Kit
Rotary Kit
Secondary Operator Button
Fixture Table
Linear Rail
coming soon
Index Table
coming soon
Overhead Gantry
coming soon
Headstock + Tailstock
coming soon
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Full specification

Cobot Cutter

Automate plasma cutting with the same app-driven simplicity. Cut cycle times drop while quality stays consistent, part after part.

starting price$100,000
Cobot Cutter plasma cutting at Tank Technology while the operator monitors from his phone
PLASMA CUTTING

What's included

  • Universal Robots UR8 Long collaborative arm (68.9" reach)
  • Hypertherm Powermax85 SYNC plasma system
  • Mobile workstation
  • Operator panel with emergency stop
  • Smart Puck for tap-to-teach programming
  • Beacon software (Basic included free)
  • Consumables starter kit

Warranty

  • 15-month Universal Robots arm
  • 6-year Hypertherm plasma power supply
  • 2-year all other components

Add-ons

Beacon Pro
$80/mo per cobot
Beacon Care
$5,000/yr per system
Secondary Operator Button
Fixture Table
Linear Rail
coming soon
Index Table
coming soon
Overhead Gantry
coming soon
Headstock + Tailstock
coming soon
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Full specification

Cobot Painter

The industry's first no-code, explosion-proof cobot painting solution: consistent coverage without a programmer or a paint booth specialist.

starting price$140,000
Cobot Painter system inside a paint booth
POWDER · LIQUID · SPECIALTY COATINGS

What's included

  • FANUC CRX-10iA/L Paint collaborative arm (55.82" reach)
  • Paint application system (liquid + powder)
  • Beacon software (Basic included free)

Warranty

  • 12-month FANUC arm
  • 2-year all other components

Add-ons

Beacon Pro
$80/mo per cobot
Beacon Care
$5,000/yr per system
Line Tracking
coming soon
Paint Extender
coming soon
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Parts our customers have run

Made on a Hirebotics cobot

Pulled straight from customer floors. Click any part for the full story.

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Structural truss, welded — TateWELDED · TATEStructural truss, weldedStory →Stainless weld bead, up close — DeAngelo MarineWELDED · DEANGELO MARINEStainless weld bead, up closeStory →Finished brackets, racked — Iron SupportsWELDED · IRON SUPPORTSFinished brackets, rackedStory →Tank dome, mid-cut — Tank TechnologyCUT · TANK TECHNOLOGYTank dome, mid-cutStory →Two cobots, one structural beam — Athena MfgWELDED · ATHENA MFGTwo cobots, one structural beamStory →Formed channels, welded & stacked — Huncilman Sheet MetalWELDED · HUNCILMAN SHEET METALFormed channels, welded & stackedStory →Plasma-cut port, weld-ready edge — Tank TechnologyCUT · TANK TECHNOLOGYPlasma-cut port, weld-ready edgeStory →Data center weldment, up close — TateWELDED · TATEData center weldment, up closeStory →Marine exhaust couplings — DeAngelo MarineWELDED · DEANGELO MARINEMarine exhaust couplingsStory →Beam fixtured for welding — Athena MfgWELDED · ATHENA MFGBeam fixtured for weldingStory →Sheet-metal corner welds — Huncilman Sheet MetalWELDED · HUNCILMAN SHEET METALSheet-metal corner weldsStory →Bracket blanks, queued for welding — Iron SupportsWELDED · IRON SUPPORTSBracket blanks, queued for weldingStory →Flange boss, welded — IMSWELDED · IMSFlange boss, weldedStory →Enclosure seams, mid-weld — Huncilman Sheet MetalWELDED · HUNCILMAN SHEET METALEnclosure seams, mid-weldStory →Dome in the cutting cell — Tank TechnologyCUT · TANK TECHNOLOGYDome in the cutting cellStory →Your part?Bring your parts and your people. We'll run them with you.Talk to an expert →

Inside the platform

Simple on day one. The same app across a fleet.

Add a cobot, then a cell, then a plant — it's the same Beacon the whole way, so every step builds on the last instead of starting over.

BeaconBeacon ProBeacon Care
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Inside the platform

Tap-to-teach programming

The person who knows the part is the one who teaches it. Grab the tool on the wrist of the arm — the Smart Puck for welding and cutting, a spray-gun handle for painting — guide it through the part, capturing the path as you go. The cobot then repeats it, and your team's knowledge becomes something the whole operation can use.

  • No teach pendant, no code, no integrator
  • Teach a part in minutes
  • Same teaching workflow across every process
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Smart Puck — tap to teach
Smart Puck — tap to teach

Inside the platform

Shop-floor language

Your team works in the terms they already know — travel speed, wire feed, amperage — and Beacon handles the robot motion. A new operator picks a part and presses play; an experienced hand teaches the next one. Each person gets the access their role needs.

  • Settings in the terms your process already uses
  • AI Suggestions: good, better, best (Beacon Pro)
  • Settings library for repeat parts
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Beacon — weld settings + AI suggestions
Beacon — weld settings + AI suggestions

Inside the platform

See every cell from one place

Watch live production across every robot and every site: parts completed, arc-on and cut time, cycle times, gas and consumable use. The history tells you whether a change actually worked. Export it when your team wants to dig deeper.

  • Live parts, cycle, and consumption data per cell
  • From any smartphone, tablet, or browser
  • Export production history to CSV
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Beacon — live production
Beacon — live production

Inside the platform

Support built into the app

Support is in the app: free, 24/7, answered by the people who build Beacon. Most support tickets are answered in 2 minutes or less. Your operator messages from the floor, shows exactly what they see, and gets unstuck without waiting on a service call.

  • Free 24/7 in-app support for every customer
  • Most support tickets are answered in 2 minutes or less
  • Beacon Care adds priority service, loaners & discounted parts
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Support from the floor
Support from the floor

Two ways to start

Built for the shop floor and the whole operation

Add a cobot, then a cell, then a plant — same Beacon.

For small & growing shops

Start with one cobot

Automate the process you can't staff. It arrives pre-mounted and pre-wired, and your own team teaches it the first part.

  • Cobot Welder Core from $105,000
  • Delivery to production in hours
  • Beacon included free
  • Taught by your own team
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For multi-site operations

Run every site the same way

Standardize part programs across sites and see production from every cell in one place, in the same app your operators already know.

  • Share part programs across cells & sites
  • Operator roles & access management
  • Production analytics across every site
  • 24/7 support, with most tickets answered in 2 min or less
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Why shops switch

Where the payback comes from

Payback · DeAngelo
1 job
One customer order paid for the cobot
Throughput · Tate
12×
Per-welder throughput on structural assemblies
Cycle time · Tank Technology
94%
Plasma cycle time cut
Output · Advanta
25→100
Units per day, from one cobot station
Run your ROI numbers

Modeled on welding; cutting & painting next

More parts per shift

A taught part runs the same way on every shift, so your output doesn't move with who's on the floor.

Consistent quality

The cobot repeats the taught path every cycle. Part one and part one thousand come out the same.

Get the right settings faster

AI Suggestions give your team good, better and best recommendations for travel speed, wire feed speed and arc length.

Where it runs

Built for your industry

From single-shop job work to multi-site production: your parts, your volumes, your standards.

Multiple welding cobots running in a heavy fabrication shopHIGH-DEPOSITION

Structural steel & heavy fabrication

Technician in a data center aisleREPEATABLE AT SCALE

Data center fabrication

Aircraft taking off from a runwayTIGHT-TOLERANCE

Aerospace & defense

Cobot welder on marine exhaust components at DeAngelo MarineHULL-GRADE WELDS

Marine & shipbuilding

Finished shipping brackets welded by a cobot at Iron SupportsHIGH-MIX / LOW-VOLUME

Custom fabrication

Welder loading a fixtured part beside a Beacon cobot welderALPHIDIA — OUTPUT ×5

In the field

“If you can scroll through Instagram, you can program with this software. We're putting out 5 times as much work as we were before.”
Thomas Tillotson · Welder — Alphidia
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Running Beacon on their floors

800+

fabrication shops, and counting.

Read the case studies
DATA CENTER FABRICATIONTateCase study →PRECISION FABAthena MfgCase study →MARINE EXHAUSTDeAngelo MarineCase study →CUSTOM BRACKETSIron SupportsCase study →INDUSTRIAL MFGIMSCase study →INFRASTRUCTUREVortex CompaniesCase study →METAL FABAdvantaCase study →PLASMA CUTTINGTank TechnologyCase study →SHEET METALHuncilman Sheet MetalCase study →

Questions

Common questions

What does Hirebotics offer?

Three turnkey cobot systems: the Cobot Welder (MIG welding with a Universal Robots UR8 Long and your choice of Miller, ESAB, or OTC power source), the Cobot Cutter (plasma cutting with Hypertherm Powermax SYNC series cutters), and the Cobot Painter (powder coat and liquid coatings with a FANUC CRX-10iA/L Paint, the world's only explosion-proof collaborative robot). All three are controlled through the Beacon platform from any smartphone, tablet, or browser, and ship ready-to-run.

How easy is setup and onboarding?

Systems ship pre-mounted, pre-wired, and ready to run. Most shops go from delivery to first production in hours, not weeks or months. Beacon guides your team through the entire setup, and no integrator, engineering team, or facility modifications are required.

What does it cost?

The Cobot Welder starts at $105,000, the Cobot Cutter at $100,000, and the Cobot Painter at $140,000. Each is a complete, ready-to-run system including the robot, application equipment, hand-teaching tool, and Beacon software. Financing options are available, and most systems pay for themselves within 18 months.

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Do I need a robot programmer?

No. Beacon speaks the shop's language: wire feed speed and travel speed, not lines of code. Your team teaches parts by hand-guiding the arm and tapping to save points, and no robotics engineers or specialized programmers are needed to run or scale the system.

What support is included?

Every cobot includes free 24/7 in-app support, with most tickets answered in 2 minutes or less. It also includes an ironclad warranty (15 months on the UR arm, 6 years on the Hypertherm plasma power supply, 3 years on the welder). Beacon Care adds priority support, loaner equipment, discounted parts and repairs, and optional on-site training.

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