Robot welding for repetitive jobs has long been automated. But the skill in welding is not so much performing the motions as working out what needs to be done.

Anything that could not be remotely controlled with a joystick? You put the task on, the robot just gives control to the operator at critical moments?

How does that help? You still need a skilled operator, surely?

That I will increase the skilled operator productivity several-fold.

You expect the skilled operator to perform multiple complex weldings at the same time ?

A friend of mine is a welder, who has gotten into programming those robots.

After showing a weld to his boss, his boss replied with "Didn't the robot do that?", to which he said "Well I programmed the robot!"