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

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 5, wherein:
performing each automated fastener installation operation comprises performing a plurality of different tasks at each location of the plurality of locations along the fuselage assembly according to a predetermined task sequence using the first and second pluralities of robotic devices, each of the second plurality of robotic devices being used to perform a respective one of the plurality of tasks at two or more of the plurality of locations;
wherein the plurality of tasks are performed at the plurality of locations in consecutive stages, and in each of the consecutive stages, each of the second plurality of robotic devices is used to perform the respective one of the plurality of tasks at at most one of the plurality of locations;
wherein in at least one of the consecutive stages, at least two of the second plurality of robotic devices are used to perform at least two of the plurality of different tasks for at least two different locations of the plurality of locations concurrently within a high-density robotic zone.