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Industrial Robotics for Structural Welding
Built in Rio Vista. Advanced through evidence gates.
THESIS
What We Are Building
Catfish Vanguard Inc. builds industrial robots, coordinated motion systems and software for high-mix structural welding and heavy fabrication. The company is pre-revenue. All current products are built and tested at its operating lab in Rio Vista, California.
Built for Structural Work
ARC-R and ARC-X are built around large workpieces, coordinated motion and repeatable weld families.
Evidence Before Claims
Engineering progress is reported through product gates. Commercial forecasts are reported separately.
Safety by Installation
Every deployment uses an installation-specific industrial safety architecture, verified at commissioning and acceptance.
WHY NOW
Why This Market
Shipbuilding Capacity Is Constrained
Federal reports document continuing delivery and industrial-base constraints in U.S. shipbuilding.
U.S. Government Accountability Office ↗Welding Labor Is Hard to Replace
BLS and Department of Defense data point to sustained demand for skilled welding and shipbuilding labor.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗Public Programs Fund Modernization
MARAD's Small Shipyard Grant Program has funded equipment modernization, including robotic welding.
U.S. Maritime Administration ↗OUR APPROACH
One Stack, Staged Validation
One Control Architecture
W7, the ARC systems, Control X and Catfish OS share one control architecture. Catfish OS and Control X also support selected third-party robots, configured and validated per site.
Advance Through Gates
W7 advances through engineering gates W7-G0 to W7-G4, each tied to a specific proof point.
W7 ENGINEERING STATUS
Gates, Not Promises
- ACHIEVED · W7-G0
Concept Freeze
W7 requirements and architecture defined from weld-family studies.
- ACHIEVED · W7-G1
Joint Module
Single-joint actuator built and bench tested.
- ACHIEVED · W7-G2
Alpha Arm
First seven-axis arm assembled, with motion and safety integration.
- ACHIEVED · W7-G3
Lab Welding
W7 welding representative weld families at the operating Rio Vista lab.
- NEXT · W7-G4
Field Unit
First W7 field unit in a design-partner cell.
W7 engineering gates are separate from company commercialization milestones.
Current Company Status Catfish Vanguard is pre-revenue. Financial projections shared with investors are planning forecasts, not booked revenue, signed orders or guidance.
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