Welding robot and teaching handle

A welding robot comprising:

• a robot body with multiple joints;
• and
• a welding torch attached to an end of the robot body, the welding torch being configured to guide a welding wire therethrough,
• wherein the welding torch includes a tubular torch body and a coupling portion that couples the tubular torch body to the end of the robot body, the tubular torch body including a first portion extensive along a linear first torch virtual line and a second portion extensive along a linear second torch virtual line that intersects with the linear first torch virtual line,
• wherein the tubular torch body further includes a bending portion disposed between a torch proximal end of the torch body and a torch distal end of the torch body, the bending portion connecting the first and second portions to form the tubular torch body in a continuously extending tubular shape,
• wherein the welding robot further includes a teaching handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, and configured to teach a behavior of the robot body according to a position to which the torch distal end moves by an external force applied to the end of the robot body from an operator while the teaching handle is held by the operator,
• wherein the teaching handle is removably mounted to the welding torch such that the handle distal end of the teaching handle is disposed at a position facing the bending portion,
• wherein in side view of the torch body and the teaching handle, the teaching handle extends at a handle mounting angle in a direction away from the second portion of the torch body from the bending portion to the torch distal end,
• wherein the handle mounting angle is an obtuse angle formed between the second linear torch virtual line extending from the bending portion to the torch distal end and a linear first handle virtual line along which the teaching handle extends from the handle distal end, and
• wherein in side view of the teaching handle, the teaching handle extends concave down along an arcuate second handle virtual line from the handle distal end toward the handle proximal end, the linear first handle virtual line being unaligned with either the linear first torch virtual line or the linear second torch virtual line and extending tangentially to the arcuate second handle virtual line.