The Boeing Company

Carlos Crespo

Eric M Reid

Matthew Ray DesJardien

Steven Best

Darrell Darwin Jones

Kurtis Shuldberg Willden

Clayton Lynn Munk

Samuel Francis Pedigo

James M Cobb

Gary Mark Buckus

Daniel Mark McDonagh

Samra S Sangari

Samra Samak Sangari

William Goodridge Westgard

An automated ply layup system uses a robot and an end effector for selecting plies from a kit and placing the plies at predetermined locations on a tool by further employing cameras for ply location detection, a laser scanner for detection and ply placement within a location on the tool, and compact sensors for compacting plies onto the tool.

Automated ply layup system

A method and apparatus for performing an operation on a surface of a structure. An assembly system may comprise a motion platform and a mobile platform. The motion platform may be configured to be positioned below the surface of the structure to perform the operation on the surface. The mobile platform may be configured to carry the motion platform across a floor of a manufacturing environment from a first location to a second location.

Mobile automated assembly tool for aircraft structures

A method for distributing energy to a group of ground-based machines. The energy is supplied to the group of ground-based machines through a pattern of inductive power transfer lines physically associated with a ground in a work area. Operations are performed with the group of ground-based machines in the work area. The group of ground-based machines moves in the work area without following a path based on the inductive power transfer lines.

Power system for ground-based machines

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Lynnwood, WA, United States of America

Carlos Crespo