# Andrew Lonsberry

> Andrew 'Andy' Lonsberry is the Columbus-based co-founder and CEO of Path Robotics, where he has turned a childhood spent in his family's Ohio workshop and graduate research in adaptive robotics into a company building AI-guided welding and assembly systems. Founded with his brother Alex, Path grew from experiments at Case Western Reserve University's think[box] into a roughly 200-person manufacturer whose machines use computer vision and machine learning to handle variable industrial work, culminating in a 2026 performance-based shipbuilding agreement with HII that assigns more than $600 million of a broader $900 million program to Path, subject to milestones.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Path Robotics
- **Organizations:** Path Robotics, The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS in Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering / robotics, Case Western Reserve University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Path Robotics from a university makerspace project into a roughly 200-person physical-AI manufacturing company., Led Path through a $100 million Series D financing in 2024., Helped develop Path's adaptive welding and fit-up systems, including the AW-3 and AF-1 product lines.

## Career timeline

- **Childhood** — Worked weekends with his older brother Alex in their father's suburban Cleveland factory, which made off-road vehicles.
- **2013** — Earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University after adding computer programming to his mechanical training.
- **2016-2018** — Co-founded what became Path Robotics with Alex Lonsberry and developed early adaptive manufacturing prototypes at Case Western Reserve University's think[box].
- **2019** — Moved Path Robotics to Columbus, Ohio, in part to recruit from Ohio State's engineering talent pool.
- **2021** — Path announced a $56 million Series B and later a $100 million investment round while expanding its autonomous welding business.
- **2024** — Path closed $100 million in Series D funding led by Matter Venture Partners and Drive Capital.
- **2025** — Received Ohio State College of Engineering's Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award.
- **2026** — Path launched the mobile Rove welding system, joined HII and GrayMatter Robotics in the HYPR shipbuilding program, and signed a milestone-based agreement covering more than $600 million in potential Path work.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Path Robotics from a university makerspace project into a roughly 200-person physical-AI manufacturing company.
- Led Path through a $100 million Series D financing in 2024.
- Helped develop Path's adaptive welding and fit-up systems, including the AW-3 and AF-1 product lines.
- Is named as an inventor on patents and applications covering reflection-resistant sensing, autonomous assembly robots and machine-learning adjustment techniques for manufacturing robots.
- Received the 2025 Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award from The Ohio State University College of Engineering.
- Secured a performance-based Path agreement in 2026 for more than $600 million in potential work within HII's seven-year HYPR shipbuilding program.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Discussed why physical AI is reaching the factory floor and how Path's early factory-floor skeptics became advocates in a Forging the Future interview.
- **2026-08** — Path signed a performance-based agreement with HII covering more than $600 million in potential work as part of a $900 million, seven-year HYPR shipbuilding program with GrayMatter Robotics.
- **2026-07** — Told Ohio State that Path was operating with about 200 employees, planning 40 hires in the quarter and targeting expansion to Europe and Asia in 2027.
- **2026-04** — Path launched Rove, a mobile welding system pairing its Obsidian AI model with a quadruped robot, and joined HII's HYPR shipbuilding program.
- **2026-02** — Signed a memorandum of understanding with HII to explore physical-AI welding for crewed and uncrewed shipbuilding.

## Links

- Website: https://www.path-robotics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-lonsberry-32154448
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pathrobotics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pathrobotics
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/PathRobotics/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27