Speedbot Weldroid-W1 bipedal humanoid welding robot is headed for shipyard trials
Changsha-based Speedbot unveiled the Weldroid-W1 on November 4, a full-size two-legged humanoid robot built for welding, Latest Robot News reported. The company says it will go into a shipyard for welding trials before the end of the year.
Speedbot's product page lists the robot at 170 cm and 60 kg, with 27 degrees of freedom across its body, a 10 kg arm payload and a 30 kg whole-body payload. It sees with stereo cameras and LiDAR in its head plus a handheld 3D structured-light scanner, and Speedbot says it runs an onboard AI brain for motion control and navigation.
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What isn't public yet is the welding itself: Speedbot hasn't published weld speed, inspection pass rates, runtime or price. The pitch is reach, since legs could get into tight hull spaces that fixed welding gantries can't.
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