Getting started
Getting started with collaborative welding robots
More shops are turning to welding cobots to speed up production and solve labor challenges, automating repetitive welds without overcomplicating the floor. With Beacon, welders stay in control.
COBOT WELDING 101What is a cobot?
A robot built to work safely alongside people
Collaborative robots are designed with built-in safety features and intuitive controls, making them easier to program and faster to deploy than traditional robots.
Safe alongside people
Built-in safety features let cobots run near operators without fencing in many applications.
Compact footprint
Fits into smaller work cells: no dedicated robot room, no floor rebuild.
No code required
Intuitive controls through the Beacon app. If your team can use a phone, they can run it.
Ready out of the box
Pre-mounted, pre-wired, and welding the day it arrives.
What is a welding cobot?
High-quality welds without traditional automation complexity
Repeatable motion plus intuitive setup, ideal for shops that need better quality and throughput without slowing operations down.
Faster setup
Fewer adjustments between jobs, faster first-part times.
Repeatable quality
The same weld on part #500 as part #1, with less rework and fewer rejects.
Lower training burden
Operators are comfortable within a shift, not a semester.
Welders on high-value work
The cobot takes the repetitive runs; your skilled people take the joints that need them.
Who uses them
Industries running welding cobots
Anywhere consistent, clean welds are needed on repeatable parts.
Automotive
Production welds for vehicle parts and assemblies.
Aerospace
High-precision welds on lightweight materials.
Appliances
Uniform welds on consumer products.
Heavy equipment
Strong welds on thicker-grade metals.
The package
What a complete system includes
Setup is fast and focused: welders start programming parts and running production without outside support.
- ROBOT
- The cobot arm itself (UR8 Long)
- SOFTWARE
- The Beacon platform: programming, monitoring, support
- WELDING
- Power supply, wire feeder, and torch
- TABLE
- Fixtures and tables, depending on the application
- OPERATOR PANEL
- Safety controls for human-machine interaction
Programming
How do you program a welding cobot?
Your welders program each movement in the Beacon app. No robotics knowledge required. The Smart Puck lets the operator guide the arm by hand to each position and record the exact coordinates at the push of a button. The welder only worries about welding parameters: speed, feed, and weave values.
Once the program is saved, press play on the operator panel and watch it run. Build a library of weld programs over time and recall the right one for each workpiece in seconds.
Start
Start with your own parts
Bring your parts and your people to Nashville. Learn the whole workflow on a real system before you buy one.