Patent ID: 11884377
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A system for installing fasteners at a plurality of locations along a joint, the system comprising:
a first plurality of robotic devices, each of the first plurality of robotic devices being capable of providing a single-sided clamp-up at a location of the plurality of locations during at least part of fastener installation at the location, the single-sided clamp-up clamping at least two parts of the joint from a first side of the joint; and
a second plurality of robotic devices capable of performing different tasks to install a fastener at each location, the second plurality of robotic devices being capable of performing the different tasks from a second side of the joint, each of the second plurality of robotic devices being capable of performing only a respective one of the different tasks;
wherein the system comprises a control system for controlling each of the first plurality of robotic devices to provide the single-sided clamp-up at a corresponding location of the plurality of locations while at least one of the second plurality of robotic devices is switched out at the corresponding location with at least one other one of the second plurality of robotic devices.