# Welding that knows the weld is good. > Welding intelligence from AMR: seam tracking within 0.20 mm, weld-pool monitoring and analysis, arc-sound fault detection and adaptive control of path, torch and heat. A paid, optional skill on the open RosieOS controller, proven in the AMR metallurgical lab. URL: https://advancedmetalresearch.com/welding-automation Welding intelligence First expert skill · Runs on RosieOS, Apache 2.0 Welding automation The paid, optional welding skill for AMR robots, running on open RosieOS. [Contact AMR](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/welding-automation#contact) [Where it runs](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/welding-automation#runs) *Figure: Hidden-line drawing of the Rosie 1400 arm with a MIG torch, welding a fillet seam on a T-joint.* Seam tracking · Within 0.20 mm · During the weld Runs on · Rosie 1400 · War Machine Before, during, after · Mast scanners End-effector sensors Inspection ## Automated weld inspection, with no added cycle time. Every weld is inspected automatically, in real time, while it is welded. Inspection adds nothing to the cycle time. [The War Machine sensor suite](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/war-machine#sensing) ### Before: measure the part Mast scanners check fit-up and geometry against the CAD model, so a poor fit-up is found before the arc starts. ### During: track, watch, adapt Holds the torch on the joint within 0.20 mm, monitors the weld pool and detects faults from arc sound. Adjusts path, torch and heat in real time. ### After: inspect The finished part is checked against the CAD model with micron-level measurement. Every measurement goes into that part's record. The loop · Sensors Lab Simulator ## Every weld teaches the next. Each finding informs the next weld, fixture and procedure. *Figure: Loop drawing: robot sensors show what happened, the metallurgical lab cuts the welds open and tests them, and the simulator and world model learn why, so every weld teaches the next.* - **Robot sensors:** Show what happened: seam, pool, arc and geometry, on every weld. - **Metallurgical lab:** Cuts the welds open and tests them. Every procedure is sectioned and inspected, with macro inspection to ISO 13919-1 and dye-penetrant testing to ASTM E165. - **Simulator and world model:** Learn why: an AI world model and a weld physics simulator, calibrated against real welds. > Sensors show what happened. We cut our welds open and test them in our lab to understand the metallurgical processes and record the data for training. From that data, the simulator learns why. [The metallurgical lab](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/metallurgy) Open underneath · RosieOS Apache 2.0 ## Paid on top. Open underneath. The package uses the same open APIs and raw sensor access anyone gets. Buying it locks nothing. ### The open platform - **Controller:** RosieOS, Apache 2.0 - **Robot functions:** Every function unlocked - **Control:** One public API - **Sensor data:** Raw, through a documented API - **Built on by:** You, an integrator or an AI agent ### Welding intelligence - **Type:** Paid, optional expert skill - **Runs on:** RosieOS and its public APIs - **Sensor access:** The same raw data as yours - **Robots:** Rosie 1400, War Machine - **Locks underneath:** Nothing [Read the RosieOS docs](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/docs/) [RosieOS licence](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/docs/contributing/license) [Control API](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/docs/apis/rt-control-http) Why welding first ## A big job, short of welders, that needs a lab. ### A top job for robot arms Welding is one of the largest uses of industrial robot arms. ### Too few welders The US needs 320,500 new welding professionals by 2029, according to the [American Welding Society](https://weldingworkforcedata.com/). ### It takes metallurgy Doing it properly needs metallurgy. AMR runs its own metallurgical lab. Where it runs · Rosie 1400 War Machine ## On the arm, and in the cell. ![Line drawing of the Rosie 1400 six-axis robot](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/drawings/rosie/iso-front-ink.webp) ### Rosie 1400 The six-axis arm. The package runs on its RosieOS controller. [Rosie 1400](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/rosie#rosie-1400) Reach · 1,400 mm ![Line drawing of the War Machine cell in its enclosure, from the load side](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/assets/drawings/war-machine-enclosure-iso.webp) ### War Machine The A/B cell. Rosie welds one bay while the next part loads on the other. [War Machine](https://advancedmetalresearch.com/war-machine) Processes · TIG, MIG, laser Contact ## Talk to AMR. Tell us about your welding application. [Contact AMR](mailto:generalcontact@advancedmetalresearch.com?subject=Welding%20automation) Send us a part. Drawing · material · volume We'll tell you what Rosie and War Machine can do with it.