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

Claim 22:
23. A method of installing fasteners on a splice, the method comprising:
determining a sequence of operations to be performed by a plurality of cells on the splice; and
performing the sequence of operations on the splice using the plurality of cells, each cell of the plurality of cells including a first plurality of robotic devices located in a first high-density robotic zone at a first side of the splice and a second plurality of robotic devices located in a second high-density robotic zone at a second side of the splice;
wherein in each of the plurality of cells, each of the first plurality of robotic devices provides a single-sided clamp-up of the splice at a location of a plurality of locations and maintains the single-sided clamp-up at the location while at least one of the second plurality of robotic devices is switched out at the location with at least one other one of the second plurality of robotic devices.