Omnicron
The autonomous welding cobot.
Omnicron is what happens when you point nex-ON at the hardest near-term task in industrial robotics. It demands everything at once — sub-millimeter perception, safe real-world actuation, and operability by someone who has never programmed a robot.
It is one deployment of the platform, not the ceiling of it. The same brain, the same tools, a torch on the end.
Omnicron · live arc, our floor
RECA weld pass, step by step
Approach lead-in
Move to the seam start at standoff height
Strike arc
Energize — only if the arc was armed this session
Weld start → end
Trace the seam at constant standoff, weave optional
End arc
De-energize at the seam endpoint
Retract
Withdraw to a safe positioning height
Seam trace
Endpoints are mapped from the camera into the robot's coordinate frame, then traced at a constant standoff height above the joint.
Weld weave
Oscillation patterns overlay the weld stroke — spaced either by a fixed pitch in millimeters per weave, or a set number of cycles across the seam. The parameters real welders specify.
Triangle
Sine
Circular
Vertical
Proof
It is not a render. These are its welds.
Passes run by Omnicron on our shop floor — the torch positioned, the arc struck, and the beads it left behind.
The safety model
An arc is dangerous. So it is off until you say otherwise.
Dry weld by default
The motion is identical, but nothing is energized. Rehearse a full pass safely before committing to a live arc.
Live arc must be armed
A live arc has to be deliberately armed each session. It never persists across restarts.
Low speeds, checked moves
Speeds default low. A dry-run reachability check reports feasibility before the arm moves at all.
Where it deploys
Where a shortage of welders meets work no integrator will quote.
These are the sectors where high-mix, low-volume fabrication collides with a well-documented global shortage of skilled welders.
Energy
Pressure vessels, pipe spools, structural steelwork for power plants.
Shipbuilding
Hull panels, bulkheads, and structural welds in confined spaces.
Heavy Manufacturing
Complex fabrications and large-format structures, often high-mix and low-volume.
Aerospace
Precision structural welds where every joint must be accounted for.
Automotive
Body-in-white, exhaust systems, and sub-frame fabrication.
Industrial Fabrication
General steelwork, custom fabrications, repair, and maintenance.
“Just tell Omnicron to weld.”
The welder describes the joint. Omnicron finds it, measures it, rehearses the pass, and — once armed — runs it.
Stop programming.
Start talking.
See nex-ON find a part, measure it, and rehearse a full pass — directed entirely by voice. Then talk to us about the robot you want it to drive next.
Bring Your Own Robot
We're not a robot manufacturer. nex-ON is built to sit above hardware you already own.
Rehearse First
Every dangerous action runs dry by default. Nothing is energized until you arm it.
Engineering-Led Pilots
Start on a single cell. Our team is in the loop from calibration to first live pass.