Patent ID: 8474683

Claim:
A modular assembly station apparatus for assembling motor vehicle components comprising: a first modular longitudinally extending scaffold structure and a second modular longitudinally extending scaffold structure laterally spaced defining a work area (WA) therebetween having a first assembly line path of travel parallel to the longitudinal scaffold structures, each scaffold structure including a separate top wall and support columns extending downwardly from the top wall structure to define an open working space (WS) below the top wall structure between the support columns laterally spaced from the work area (WA); a plurality of inverted robots supported on the top wall structure of each of the first and the second scaffold structures, each inverted robot extending downwardly from the top wall structure into the working space (WS) below the top wall structure, the plurality of robots longitudinally spaced from one another and laterally spaced from and longitudinally aligned parallel to the assembly line path; and a robot control device carried on the scaffold structure and operatively connected to each inverted robot, wherein each of the robots include a lower operative end adapted to selectively and independently extend in a direction transverse to the assembly line path from the work space (WS) into the work area (WA) to conduct work on the motor vehicle assembly components.