The startup manufactures an app-based welding cobot that features a smart teaching puck and a smartphone application, enabling rapid setup and training for users in the manufacturing sector. This technology significantly reduces the time required for welding automation, allowing clients to enhance production efficiency.
Funding
$2.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
The manufacturing sector faces a shortage of skilled welders and increasing demand for high-quality metal fabrication, leading to production bottlenecks and increased overtime costs. Traditional robotic welding systems require specialized programming expertise and lengthy setup times, making them impractical for small-batch production runs and shops without dedicated robotics personnel.
Solution
Hirebotics offers a cobot welding solution designed to be easily deployed and operated by existing metalworkers without requiring extensive robotics knowledge. The system utilizes a user-friendly smartphone application and a smart teaching puck, enabling welders to quickly program the cobot by demonstrating the desired weld path. This approach significantly reduces setup time and allows for efficient automation of welding tasks, increasing production throughput and reducing reliance on scarce skilled labor. The cobot welder is powered by Beacon, a cloud-based software solution that speaks the shop's language, not lines of code.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes metal fabrication shops, manufacturers, and other businesses that require welding or cutting services and are seeking to improve productivity and reduce labor costs.
Features
- Intuitive smartphone app (Beacon) for programming and controlling the cobot welder
- Smart teaching puck for easy weld path definition by demonstration
- Rapid setup times, enabling production within minutes for new parts
- Ability to handle small-batch production runs efficiently
- Cloud-based software for seamless updates and remote support
- Compatibility with Universal Robots UR10e and UR20 cobots
- Options for Cobot Cutter (plasma cutting) and ESAB Cobot (advanced welding features)
- BeaconCare support package for 24/7 support, discounted repairs, and loaner equipment