# Capabilities

> AMR capabilities in robotic welding, real-time weld sensing, metallurgical inspection, and technician training, each shown running in the Hawthorne R&D lab with its measured result or governing standard.

URL: https://advancedmetalresearch.com/capabilities

Designed and built by AMR Hawthorne, California · All video recorded in the AMR R&D lab

Machine, sensing, lab, training

What each capability does, shown running in the Hawthorne R&D lab, with its measured result or governing standard.

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*Figure: Hidden-line drawing of the Rosie 1400 arm with a MIG torch, welding a fillet seam on a T-joint.*

Sections · 01 Machine 02 Sensing · 03 Lab 04 Training

Seam tracking · Within 0.20 mm · During the weld

Machine · TIG, MIG, laser in one cell

## Robotic welding cell.

Outcome: **welding capacity that does not depend on hiring welders.**

CAD-to-path planning, programmable weld control, and TIG, MIG, and laser in one cell, designed and built by AMR across mechanical, electrical, controls, and simulation.

Video: Robotic welding cell in operation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0GO0TIaLac)

### Robotic welding cell

Plans the weld path from CAD, then welds with TIG, MIG, or laser.

Processes · TIG, MIG, laser

![Rosie 1400 six-axis arm with a MIG torch beside a US flag](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/img/arm-6dof.webp)

### Rosie 1400 six-axis robot

Positions the torch anywhere within a 1,400 mm reach. Designed, machined, and assembled by AMR. [Specification](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/rosie#rosie-1400).

Reach · 1,400 mm

Video: Deployable welding cell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6tYfz4CXyc)

### Containerized welding cell

Packages the complete cell in a shipping container for deployment to the work site. [War Machine](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/war-machine).

Formats · 10 ft and 20 ft

Video: CNC-machined industrial robot parts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPKctCZcdps)

### Mechanical engineering and machining

Designs and machines the arm's structural and drive parts in-house, from CAD to finished metal.

Machined · In-house, in the USA

Video: Laser welding in progress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bkXRWLFlSk)

### Laser welding

Welds with a 2–10 kW fiber laser inside an enclosure with door and vision safety interlocks.

Source · 2–10 kW fiber laser

Video: Electrical cabinet build (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQYIrCLFCC8)

### Electrical engineering and controls

A professionally built control cabinet: three-phase power distribution, servo drives, and a hardware safety chain. The robot moves only when the safety chain reports ready.

Power · 208 VAC 3-phase

Video: H-frame positioner turning a part (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2NjvkjooK8)

### H-frame positioner

Rotates and tilts the workpiece so every weld sits in a reachable, downhand position.

Axes · turntable, A/B rotisserie

Video: Actuation and real-time control data flow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpJ_i4vZM)

### Real-time motion control

Coordinates all six joints in real time from RosieOS, AMR's controller software, open source under Apache 2.0. Weld programs are collision-checked before they load and can be previewed in simulation first.

Repeatability±0.05 mm

Sensing

## Real-time weld sensing.

Outcome: **measured evidence for every weld.**

Sensing hardware designed and built by AMR. With the welding intelligence package, a paid and optional skill, adaptive control adjusts path, torch, and heat during the weld, and the cell inspects every weld it makes.

Video: Seam tracking in the cell (https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/video/seam-tracking.webm)

### Seam tracking

Finds and follows the joint in 3D during the weld, so the torch stays on the seam through part and fit-up variation.

Accuracy · within 0.20 mm

Video: 3D geometry inspection against CAD and GD&T (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFdHaV-XF1o)

### 3D geometry inspection against CAD

Measures the part in 3D and verifies it against the CAD model and its GD&T, with micron-level measurement.

Z repeatability · 5 µm

Video: In-process weld-pool monitoring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osbh-bzn5wY)

### Weld-pool monitoring

Images the molten pool during every weld, so defects are caught while the part is still in the cell.

Scope · every weld, in process

Video: Real-time weld sensing and adaptive control (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sKyRsxlNlc)

### Adaptive weld control

Measures the seam and pool during the weld and adjusts path, torch, and heat in real time, on AMR-built hardware.

Adjusts · path, torch, heat

Video: Acoustic process monitoring from arc sound (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVElN9h45q4)

### Acoustic process monitoring

Detects process faults from arc sound and monitors process stability through the weld. Arc start is clearly distinguishable from ambient noise.

Detects · arc start, process faults

![Structured-light scan of a weld coupon](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/img/structured-light.webp)

### Structured-light inspection

Checks joint fit-up before welding and weld geometry after it, so a poor fit-up is found before the arc starts.

Checks · fit-up before, geometry after

Metallurgical lab · ISO 13919-1 ASTM E165 ISO 15614-11

## Metallurgical laboratory.

Outcome: **faster weld qualification.**

Procedures are developed and tested at AMR, so the qualification evidence comes from the same lab that ran the weld. [The metallurgical lab](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/metallurgy)

![Mounted metallurgical coupon at the mounting press](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/img/lab-mount.webp)

### Sectioning and metallography

Prepares a weld coupon as a traceable cross-section: cut, mounted, ground, and polished.

Mounting press · 0 to 50 kN

Video: Macro inspection of a weld cross-section (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhglIhZGt3M)

### Macro inspection

Evaluates penetration and defects on the etched cross-section against the acceptance standard.

Acceptance · ISO 13919-1 level D

Video: Weld-pool simulation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8M3GVMcg2I)

### Thermal weld-pool simulation

A weld physics simulator, calibrated against real welds, predicts melt-pool temperature and shape so procedures are tuned before the first weld.

Predicts · pool temperature and shape

![Dye-penetrant NDT station under the fume hood](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/img/ndt-penetrant.webp)

### Dye-penetrant NDT

Detects surface-breaking cracks nondestructively with aerosol dye penetrant.

Standard · ASTM E165

Video: Traceable weld records (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrGu7eVj75g)

### Traceable weld records

Produces a record for each sample: a traveler, a machine-readable analysis file, and a report.

Organized to · ISO 15614-11

Video: Experiment and test qualification queue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpa00qyidQ8)

### Software test and qualification

Tests every robot software change and records pass/fail evidence before it is released to a cell.

Evidence · per-change test results

Training · 17 modules 38 skill nodes

## Technician training.

Outcome: **trained operators for advanced manufacturing cells.**

We train the technicians who set up, program, and inspect the cell, on the production hardware and software.

Video: Weld-sequence authoring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su1wu-gvPew)

### Weld-sequence authoring

Operators select seams on the 3D CAD model, and the software generates the robot sequence.

Output · robot weld sequence

Video: CAD-to-path planner workflow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCPsLhI3ZH8)

### CAD-to-path programming

Turns a CAD model into a collision-free robot path, which can be previewed in simulation before any live motion.

Program check · collisions and limits before load

Video: Steam Deck teach pendant (https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/video/pendant.mp4)

### Handheld teach pendant

Programs, jogs, and runs weld paths from a handheld Steam Deck, outside the interlocked door.

Operator safety · hardware e-stop, interlock

Video: Technician curriculum graph (https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/video/curriculum.mp4)

### Technician curriculum

Maps every skill a technician needs as a navigable dependency graph.

Curriculum · 38 skill nodes, 4 levels

Video: Advanced-manufacturing workforce training (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cenjZ60fyDM)

### Hands-on cell training

Technicians learn setup, programming, sensing, and inspection on the production cell.

Modules · 17

Video: Guided tour of the robotic welding cell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FWOpnBPS-A)

### Operator orientation

Introduces new operators to the arm, positioner, sensing, and controls before they run the cell.

Covers · arm, positioner, sensing, lab

Contact

## Send AMR a weld problem, an assembly, or a program requirement.

Everything on this page runs in the Hawthorne R&D lab today. Schedule a visit or send the part.

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