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Advanced Metal Research

Machine intelligence for American Welding

About Advanced Metal Research

America does not just need more welders. It needs welding knowledge that can scale. The American Welding Society projects 320,500 new welding professionals will be needed by 2029, with about 80,000 jobs to be filled annually from 2025 to 2029. More than 157,000 current welding professionals are approaching retirement. Welders are only a small share of the skilled-trades workforce, but welding accounts for an outsized share of projected capability demand. The market calls it a labor shortage. AMR sees a learning bottleneck. We are building American-made robotic welding cells that combine computer vision to provide real-time seam tracking and post-weld inspection to turn welding from a scarce manual process into a closed-loop manufacturing system that learns from every weld as it happens.

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    We make shiny robots

    We make shiny robots

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    WHO WANTS A BIG ROBOT!?

    WHO WANTS A BIG ROBOT!?

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    Quote cnc masch buddy @masch_services · Jun 19 Big things are happening at @AMRwelding ! photo by @timcash x.com/timcash/status…

    Quote cnc masch buddy @masch_services · Jun 19 Big things are happening at @AMRwelding ! photo by @timcash x.com/timcash/status…

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    Pablo is a robot building machine

    Pablo is a robot building machine

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    In February we started hosting free welding classes at the shop here in Hawthorne. - 14 Sunday classes in a row - 70+ people tried welding for the first time - youngest welder = 10 years old -it’s been good fun -Stop by tomorrow if you are free Quote Julian Fried @JulianFried · Apr 26 Good fun welding again this Sunday. We had a fireman, multiple software engineers, a rainmaker and an aerospace engineer all getting some weld practice in x.com/JulianFried/st…

    In February we started hosting free welding classes at the shop here in Hawthorne. - 14 Sunday classes in a row - 70+ people tried welding for the first time - youngest welder = 10 years old -it’s been good fun -Stop by tomorrow if you are free Quote Julian Fried @JulianFried ·...

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    Turns out metallurgy is just for boys who are into crystals Quote Julian Fried @JulianFried · Jun 19 I metal

    Turns out metallurgy is just for boys who are into crystals Quote Julian Fried @JulianFried · Jun 19 I metal

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    The OG of industrial robotics. The Unimate:

    The OG of industrial robotics. The Unimate:

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    My theory so far is that this packaging was designed by a Chinese national who holds an ancestral grudge lol

    My theory so far is that this packaging was designed by a Chinese national who holds an ancestral grudge lol