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publication_id: "OT-2026-000001733"
title: "Systems and methods to perform robotic welding path correction"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:08:01.623821Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001733"
categories:
  - "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
keywords:
  - "b25j11/005"
  - "b25j11/005"
  - "b25j9/1664"
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  - "b23k9/0956"
---

# Systems and methods to perform robotic welding path correction

## Abstract

Disclosed example robotic welding systems include: a welding-type power supply configured to output welding-type power to a welding-type torch; a robotic manipulator configured to manipulate the welding-type torch; and robot control circuitry configured to: load a welding program comprising a sequence of robotic welding instructions, the robotic welding instructions comprising a plurality of positions associated with a welding operation to be performed along a welding seam using the welding-type torch, the sequence further comprising a position correction instruction; in response to reaching the position correction instruction in the sequence: automatically control the robotic manipulator to move the welding-type torch to detect positions of one or more surfaces associated with the weld seam; and based on the detected positions of the one or more surfaces associated with the weld seam, applying a correction to ones of the positions associated with the position correction instruction; and perform the robotic welding instructions in the sequence based on the plurality of positions and based on the corrections.