A computer-implemented method of establishing a pathway for performing an automated validation of a condition of assembly for a structure , the method comprising: moving a sensor system coupled to an automated guided vehicle into a plurality of test positions relative to the structure ; generating image data at each test position of the plurality of test positions using the sensor system to build a plurality of test images ; registering each test image of the plurality of test images to a computer model of the structure to form a plurality of registered images that are added to a collection of registered images ; determining a set of positions from the plurality of test positions that allows an entirety of an area of the structure that is of interest to be captured using a number of registered images from the collection of registered images ; generating the pathway for moving the automated guided vehicle to each of the set of positions ; and generating a computer file for use in performing an automated validation process to validate the condition of assembly for the structure in which the computer file identifies the pathway , wherein generating the image data at each test position comprises generating a test image when the sensor system is moved into a test position , wherein the test position comprises a test location and a test orientation relative to a reference coordinate system, and wherein determining the set of positions from the plurality of test positions comprises: selecting the number of registered images from the collection of registered images that allows the entirety of the area of the structure that is of interest to be captured to form a final image set; and identifying a test position corresponding to each registered image in the final image set to form the set of positions . moving a sensor system coupled to an automated guided vehicle into a plurality of test positions relative to the structure ; generating image data at each test position of the plurality of test positions using the sensor system to build a plurality of test images ; registering each test image of the plurality of test images to a computer model of the structure to form a plurality of registered images that are added to a collection of registered images ; determining a set of positions from the plurality of test positions that allows an entirety of an area of the structure that is of interest to be captured using a number of registered images from the collection of registered images ; generating the pathway for moving the automated guided vehicle to each of the set of positions ; and generating a computer file for use in performing an automated validation process to validate the condition of assembly for the structure in which the computer file identifies the pathway , wherein generating the image data at each test position comprises generating a test image when the sensor system is moved into a test position , wherein the test position comprises a test location and a test orientation relative to a reference coordinate system, and wherein determining the set of positions from the plurality of test positions comprises: selecting the number of registered images from the collection of registered images that allows the entirety of the area of the structure that is of interest to be captured to form a final image set; and identifying a test position corresponding to each registered image in the final image set to form the set of positions . selecting the number of registered images from the collection of registered images that allows the entirety of the area of the structure that is of interest to be captured to form a final image set; and identifying a test position corresponding to each registered image in the final image set to form the set of positions . <EOS>