I actually lost a welding job to a robot. My neighbor invented a device called the ProPlugger, and when he was in the start-up phase, asked if I would take on the welding chore in his garage/shop at his home. He soon moved on to a robotic welding shop, and that was that. They started selling...
After 50 years of hand splitting wood (Monster maul and Fiskars maul) I like this design.
https://stansequip.com/model/vallee-forestry-equipment-rrf40tl-40-tons-kinetic-log-splitter/
Here is my childhood friend (photo credit from his book Rescue the Captives) with the Kogi in Colombia cutting boards that way, and at his farm in Meta.