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Playbook & Handbook · February 6, 2026
Winning Accelerator Playbook 2026 by BambuUP
EDTECH: LEVERAGING AI-POWERED TECHNOLOGIES TO TRANSFORM THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
1. Technology overview
Hirebotics is a collaborative robot company based in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 2015 by Matthew Bush and Rob Goldiez. It builds cobot cells for metal fabrication, aimed at shops that lack skilled welders and programmers.
The Cobot Welder pairs a Universal Robots arm with a Miller, ESAB or OTC welding power source on a mobile workstation. Operators use tap-to-teach programming and set parameters in shop terms such as travel speed and wire feed, with no pendant or code. The cloud-based Beacon platform provides a production dashboard, and the company also sells a Cobot Cutter and a Cobot Painter.
2. Highlighted features & specifications
- Tap-to-teach: programming without teach pendant or code.
- Shop-term settings: travel speed and wire feed entered directly.
- Mobile workstation: cobot, welder and operator panel with emergency stop on one cart.
- Beacon software: live production dashboard with CSV export and in-app support.
- Add-ons: multipass welding, seam tracking, torch, rotary and fixture kits.
- Process range: Cobot Cutter with plasma cutting and an explosion-proof Cobot Painter.
3. Potential application
A steel-structure or metal furniture workshop welding repeat batches of brackets and frames. A machinery maker automating MIG welding of small assemblies with frequent changeovers. A vocational training center teaching cobot welding.
4. Benefits
Tap-to-teach programming removes the need for a robot programmer. The mobile cart can be moved between jobs. A live dashboard with CSV export tracks production. The vendor states most systems pay for themselves within 18 months, and financing is available.
5. Market trends & opportunities
Welder shortages and high-mix, low-volume fabrication push small shops toward cobot welding that needs no programming. In Vietnam and Southeast Asia, mechanical fabrication SMEs face the same skills gap, and compact cobot cells are an entry point to automation.
6. Other information
Founded 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. Universal Robots OEM partner and FANUC authorized system integrator. Early-stage funding in 2017. Beacon software reported on 800+ fabrication shops. Cobot Welder starts at USD 105,000.
