	US 12,234,035 B2
	System, method and apparatus for airship manufacture using robotics
Rinaldo S. Brutoco, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Robert H. Shelton, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Michael R. Everman, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to H2 Clipper, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by H2 Clipper, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/488,128.
Application 18/488,128 is a continuation of application No. 18/056,399, filed on Nov. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,851,214.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,368, filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0228062 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64B 1/08 (2006.01)

CPC B64F 5/10 (2017.01) [B64B 1/08 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. A method of robotically manufacturing an aviation or aerospace asset, the method comprising:

attaching a partially completed structure of said aviation or aerospace asset to a sled;

connecting at least one post to said partially completed structure;

attaching at least one cable to the at least one post;

attaching at least one robot to the at least one cable; and

utilizing the at least one robot to complete construction of the aviation or aerospace asset, wherein the at least one robot is in communication with one or more robots having a homogenous or heterogenous function forming a robotic swarm.