Formic
🇺🇸 US Serves US
US robots-as-a-service provider charging per hour with no capex.
- RaaS
- 1 sourced price
- Public quote page
- 6 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Industrial & Manufacturing
Robotic welding
Robot welding cells and cobot welders for fabrication shops.
People ask for this as: “cobot welder”, “robot welding cell”, “welding automation”
How it works
Robots used
- Welding Robot
- Cobot
Ways to buy it
- Raas — a subscription covering robot, software and support.
- Purchase Buy the robot (plus software and service plans, usually).
- Rental — the machine for days or weeks.
- Service — you pay for the outcome (one inspection, one show, X acres).
Bot or Not?
A robot makes sense when…
- The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
- It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
- You need data you will compare over time
- You need eyes on it right now
Hire a human when…
- It is small, low and one-off
- It needs hands, judgement or a repair
- Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
- Nobody has defined the job yet
Here's the catch for this job
- RaaS lets you pay per hour or per month with no capex.
- Ask integrators for a payback calculation based on your labor cost.
- Start with one cell, then scale.
Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →
What it costs
Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.
1 more receipt in another currency or unit: see the full table below.
No published prices yet. We only show prices we can link to a source, and we haven't found one for this yet. Requesting quotes is the fastest way to find out, and every request helps us map the real market.
Prices published by providers
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RaaS contracts (1-5 yr terms) reported at $8-$40 per robot operating hour via Formic | $8–$40 | / robot hour | — | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com as of Oct 2026 |
| UR5e cobot distributor price (Automation Distribution) via Universal Robots | $39,083–$43,544 | / unit | — | automationdistribution.com as of Oct 2026 |
| Universal Robots UR5e cobot (distributor listing, by configuration) | $39,083–$43,544 | / unit | — | automationdistribution.com as of Oct 2026 |
Price history
Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).
| Series | Latest | Observations | Observed | Trend | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RaaS contracts (1-5 yr terms) reported at $8-$40 per robot operating hour via Formic | $8–$40 / robot hour | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com |
| UR5e cobot distributor price (Automation Distribution) via Universal Robots | $39,083–$43,544 / unit | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | automationdistribution.com |
| Universal Robots UR5e cobot (distributor listing, by configuration) via Automation Distribution | $39,083–$43,544 / unit | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | automationdistribution.com |
Sources re-checked: 3 of 3 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl
Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=robotic-welding
What to specify and ask
Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":
- Task description and cycle time
- Part size, weight and material
- Volumes per shift
- Shifts per day
- Floor space
- Existing equipment and PLCs
- Safety requirements
Rules and regulation
Follow ISO 10218 / ANSI/RIA R15.06 and ISO/TS 15066 for collaborative robots; risk assessment required.
General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.
Providers who do this
Filters by headquarters or published service area.
Universal Robots
🇩🇰 DK Serves global
Danish collaborative robot maker.
- Purchase
- 1 sourced price
- Public quote page
- 9 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
FANUC
🇯🇵 JP Serves global
Japanese industrial robot maker.
- Purchase
- 8 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
KUKA
🇩🇪 DE Serves global
German industrial robot maker.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 6 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Yaskawa Motoman
🇯🇵 JP Serves global
Yaskawa's industrial robot division.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 6 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Doosan Robotics
🇰🇷 KR Serves global
Korean cobot maker.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 6 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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Standard Bots
🇺🇸 US Serves US
US cobot maker (RO1).
- Purchase
- RaaS
- 6 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Path Robotics
🇺🇸 US Serves US
US AI welding robots.
- Purchase
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Hirebotics
🇺🇸 US Serves US
US cobot welding solutions with flexible plans.
- RaaS
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Kawasaki Robotics
🇯🇵 JP Serves global
Japanese industrial robot maker incl. wafer handling robots.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 4 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Hyundai Robotics
🇰🇷 KR Serves KR, global
Korean industrial and service robot maker.
- Purchase
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
SIASUN Robot & Automation
🇨🇳 CN Serves CN, global
Chinese robotics and automation company.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Comau
🇮🇹 IT Serves global
Italian industrial automation and robot maker.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Novarc Technologies
🇨🇦 CA Serves global
Canadian maker of spool welding robots for pipe fabrication.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Automation Distribution
🇺🇸 US Serves US
US distributor of industrial automation incl. Universal Robots cobots.
- Purchase
- 1 sourced price
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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