Welding Journal

90%. That’s the placement rate for graduates of the Industrial Arts Institute (IAI), a welding and fabrication trade school and nonprofit organization based in Onaway, Mich. To further enhance its training, the school has incorporated collaborative robots (cobots) into its welding curriculum since 2022.

Cobot welding systems are helping thousands of welders around the world every day. Cobots are easy-to-use tools that boost welder productivity and improve ergonomics by handling the most repetitive welding job..