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publication_id: "OT-2026-000002384"
title: "Autonomous flexible manufacturing system for building a fuselage"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:12:38.698020Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002384"
categories:
  - "sensors-controls-machine-vision/industrial-control"
keywords:
  - "b21j15/02"
  - "b21j15/28"
  - "b21j15/28"
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---

# Autonomous flexible manufacturing system for building a fuselage

## Abstract

A method and apparatus for building a fuselage assembly for an aircraft. A number of fixtures may be drive across a floor to an assembly area to form an assembly fixture. The fuselage assembly may be built on the assembly fixture.