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

Claim 4:
5. A method for performing automated fastener installation operations along a fuselage assembly for an aircraft, the method comprising:
positioning a first platform supporting a first plurality of robotic devices of a robotic cell within an interior of a fuselage assembly relative to a selected section of the fuselage assembly;
positioning a second platform supporting a second plurality of robotic devices of the robotic cell along an exterior of the fuselage assembly relative to the selected section of the fuselage assembly; and
performing automated fastener installation operations at selected fastener installation points on the selected section of the fuselage assembly using a first plurality of end effectors coupled to the first plurality of robotic devices and a second plurality of end effectors coupled to the second plurality of robotic devices, with the first plurality of end effectors being used to provide single-sided clamp-up at the selected fastener installation points;
wherein each of the first plurality of end effectors provides the single-sided clamp-up of at least two parts of the fuselage assembly 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 end effectors is switched out at the location with at least one other one of the second plurality of end effectors.