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

Claim 0:
1. A high-density robotic 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;
a second plurality of robotic devices, the second plurality of robotic devices including:
a first robotic device coupled to a drilling end effector;
a second robotic device coupled to an inspection end effector; and
a third robotic device coupled to a fastener insertion end effector;

a first platform that supports the first plurality of robotic devices, the first platform being sized to fit and move within an interior of a fuselage assembly;
a second platform that supports the second plurality of robotic devices, the second platform being sized for positioning and movement along an exterior of the fuselage assembly; and
a control system configured to control the first plurality of robotic devices and the second plurality of robotic devices, the control system being configured to control each of the first plurality of robotic devices to provide the single-sided clamp-up of at least two parts of the fuselage assembly at a location of a plurality of locations when a corresponding hole has been drilled at the location through the at least two parts of the fuselage assembly, the single-sided clamp-up being maintained at the location while the control system causes at least one of the drilling, inspection, and fastener insertion end effectors to be switched out at the location with at least one other one of the drilling, inspection, and fastener insertion end effectors.