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H2017 - Welding Package

H2017 - Welding Package

Doosan Robotics

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H2017 - Welding Package

Doosan Robotics
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The H2017 Welding Package is a collaborative robot (cobot) system built around the Doosan H2017 — a 6-axis, 20 kg payload, 1700 mm reach arm with ±0.1 mm repeatability and torque sensors on all six axes — paired with an OTC Daihen Welbee P500L welding power source and associated peripherals. It is deployed in real industrial welding applications (e.g., Rinnai, furniture manufacturers) and supports arc, TIG, laser, and flux-core welding processes. The system operates autonomously once programmed via teach-pendant or hand-guiding, executing pre-taught welding paths without a human performing the weld; however, initial path programming requires human setup and the broader research literature confirms that fully automatic seam detection and path generation without human intervention remains an active research challenge rather than a standard product feature. Pricing for the H2017 arm alone is approximately $43,550–$47,550 USD from third-party resellers, with the full welding cell cost dependent on integrator configuration. Several extracted facts (weld.app SaaS pricing, kWeld spot welder, YESWELDER helmet, plastic stapler) are clearly from unrelated products and are excluded from the reconciled picture.

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payload_capacity
20 kg
reach
1700 mm
robot_weight
75 kg (approximately half the weight of comparable robots at this payload)
welding_power_source
OTC Daihen Welbee P500L (350A air-cooled torch or RT3500H torch)
io_power_supply
24V, 2A

Price

No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.

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Evidence-graded claims from the Doosan Robotics deep report

Good
  • Doosan cobots hold PLe/Cat4 TÜV SÜD Functional Safety Assessment certification — the highest safety integrity level for collaborative robot operation.

    TÜV SÜD is an independent, internationally recognized certification body; its PLe/Cat4 Functional Safety Assessment is confirmed by official sources and corroborated by third-party commerce listings, though the scope of certified models and any operational caveats remain unspecified [2][5][6].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →
  • Doosan Robotics secured a contract to supply 100+ robot solutions to Kwangjin Group through 2027, and a separate 300-unit order from VRNJ (Thailand) with a 60-unit initial delivery.

    The Kwangjin Group contract is independently reported by Assembly Magazine (trade press) and PR Newswire, confirming the deal's existence; however, actual delivery completion and operational outcomes have not yet been independently verified [10][12].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →
Bad
  • Doosan cobots are fully autonomous — once programmed, they execute industrial tasks (welding, palletizing, pick & place, machine tending) entirely without human intervention during task execution.

    Official sources and the dossier's autonomy verdict assert fenceless, unsupervised collaborative operation, but no independent third-party test or customer report specifically confirms unattended autonomous task execution for the cobot line; community reliability feedback conflates Doosan CNC machines with cobots [2][7].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →
  • All Doosan cobot joints are equipped with 6-axis torque sensors, enabling high-performance force detection and collision sensitivity for safe fenceless collaborative operation.

    The 6-axis-per-joint torque sensor claim is confirmed by official Doosan sources and third-party commerce listings (Unchained Robotics), but no independent lab test or regulator report verifies the actual collision-detection performance in real deployments [2][5][6].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →
  • Doosan cobots are deployed in 50+ countries across manufacturing, palletizing, welding, food prep, EV charging, and retail automation.

    The 50+ country figure comes from Doosan's own official sources (with a separate official page citing 45 countries), and no independent audit, trade body report, or journalist investigation independently verifies the deployment breadth or application diversity [1][2][6].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →
Ugly
  • Drag-and-drop programming reduces development time by up to 80% compared to traditional robot programming methods.

    The 80% figure is a vendor-only claim with no independent benchmark; a Practical Machinist forum user corroborates ease of use for simple tasks but reveals a two-tier model where advanced programming requires a paid DartStudio subscription (~$1,500/year), undermining the universality of the claim [7].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →
  • Doosan cobots deliver an average 1.5-year return on investment (ROI) in palletizing and welding applications.

    The 1.5-year ROI figure appears exclusively on Doosan's own official palletizing/welding pages with no independent customer case study, financial audit, or third-party analyst report to substantiate it [3][4].

    from Doosan Robotics deep report →

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