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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2019
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Jonathan Michael Carberry, Balderstone, GB;
Graham Peter Coulier, Balderstone, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
An assembly method comprising: providing a digital model of an aircraft airframe (), the digital model comprising digital models of component parts () of the airframe (); providing the component parts (), each comprising one or more predrilled fastener holes; fixing a first component part () to a support structure (); fixing a second component part () to an end effector () of a robot arm (); using the airframe digital model, controlling the robot arm () to move the second component part () relative to the first component () as specified in the airframe digital model to cause one or more predrilled holes in the second component () part to align with one or more predrilled holes in the first component part (); and attaching the second component part () to the first component part () using fasteners through the aligned predrilled holes.