Italian automation company Comau and Seabery, which develops educational solutions with augmented reality (AR) technology, have announced a training programme for students and workers to practice the skills required to become certified robotic welders.
The solution is designed to support global demand for welding professionals and expertise.
Industry 4.0 automation is increasing the level of skills required by welding professionals, yet robotic welding training is said to be lacking at training institutions and vocational centres.
A standardised robotic welding training curriculum does not currently exist and skills development reportedly requires time-consuming training and specialist equipment.
To address this, Comau and Seabery’s training programme uses the Soldamatic welding simulator and a scalable e.DO educational robot.
The programmable settings of the robot are designed to respond to nearly any professional and educational requirement.
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The solution reportedly offers unlimited practice by using AR to simulate robotic welding environments, with potentially hundreds of procedures.
This includes a programmable teach pendant, which is designed to comprehensively train robot operators.
The two companies also suggest use of the training module for on-the-job upskilling.
The Soldamatic simulator exclusively offers Hyperreal-SIMTM, a proprietary technology owned by Seabery, which is a multi-sensory training interface utilising sight, sound and touch.
“The collaboration with Seabery anticipates future training needs and reflects Comau’s ongoing commitment to developing innovative, hands-on training opportunities,” said Ezio Fregnan, Comau academy and education business director.
“Thanks to the powerful combination of augmented reality and the e.DO educational robot, we are helping fill an important skills gap while empowering students with the know-how needed to pursue a career in robotics welding.”
It is available immediately as a stand-alone training programme or as part of Comau’s e.DO offering.
