A system comprising: an automated welding device comprising a camera, processing circuitry (102, 122), a welding torch, and an electromechanical subsystem, wherein: said camera is operable to capture, using visible and/or infrared wavelengths, images of one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to process said images for determination of physical characteristics of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to generate, during welding of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) by said welding torch, electrical signals which are based on said determined physical characteristics of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b), and which control one or more welding parameters of said automated welding device during said welding of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); and said electromechanical subsystem is operable to convert said electrical signals into said one or more welding parameters of said automated welding device, characterized in that said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to synchronize said capture of said images to times when one or more: voltage between an electrode of said welding torch and said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) is below a first determined threshold; current flowing between said welding torch and said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) is below a second determined threshold; the product of said voltage and said current is below a third determined threshold; and a state of a control signal that impacts arc intensity. an automated welding device comprising a camera, processing circuitry (102, 122), a welding torch, and an electromechanical subsystem, wherein: said camera is operable to capture, using visible and/or infrared wavelengths, images of one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to process said images for determination of physical characteristics of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to generate, during welding of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) by said welding torch, electrical signals which are based on said determined physical characteristics of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b), and which control one or more welding parameters of said automated welding device during said welding of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); and said electromechanical subsystem is operable to convert said electrical signals into said one or more welding parameters of said automated welding device, said camera is operable to capture, using visible and/or infrared wavelengths, images of one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to process said images for determination of physical characteristics of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to generate, during welding of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) by said welding torch, electrical signals which are based on said determined physical characteristics of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b), and which control one or more welding parameters of said automated welding device during said welding of said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b); and said electromechanical subsystem is operable to convert said electrical signals into said one or more welding parameters of said automated welding device, characterized in that said processing circuitry (102, 122) is operable to synchronize said capture of said images to times when one or more: voltage between an electrode of said welding torch and said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) is below a first determined threshold; current flowing between said welding torch and said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) is below a second determined threshold; the product of said voltage and said current is below a third determined threshold; and a state of a control signal that impacts arc intensity. voltage between an electrode of said welding torch and said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) is below a first determined threshold; current flowing between said welding torch and said one or more workpieces (118a, 118b) is below a second determined threshold; the product of said voltage and said current is below a third determined threshold; and a state of a control signal that impacts arc intensity.