US 12,366,850 B2
System and method for cognitive assistance in at least partially manual aircraft assembly
Arnd Schirrmann, Hamburg (DE); Oliver Klaproth, Hamburg (DE); and Emmanuelle Dietz, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus (S.A.S.), Blagnac (FR)
Filed by Airbus (S.A.S.), Blagnac (FR)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,320.
Claims priority of application No. 21214938 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185288 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/41865 (2013.01) [B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40202 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40414 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cognitive assistance in at least partially manual aircraft assembly, comprising:
a monitoring system configured to monitor an aircraft assembly process and acquire physical and physiological data on a human worker performing assembly operations as part of the aircraft assembly process;
a cognitive model of the human worker implemented on a data-processing device and communicatively coupled to the monitoring system to receive the acquired physical and physiological data of the human worker, wherein the cognitive model is configured to provide state information on the human worker and prognostic data on expected behavior of the human worker during the aircraft assembly process based on the acquired physical and physiological data, wherein the state information and the prognostic data are continuously updated during the aircraft assembly process;
a computer-based assembly management system communicatively coupled to the cognitive model and configured to provide assembly work orders based on assembly tasks to be carried out, wherein the cognitive model is configured to take the assembly work orders into account for provision of the state information and the prognostic data;
a system control communicatively coupled to the monitoring system, the assembly management system, and the cognitive model and configured to assess a current state of the aircraft assembly process based on the monitored aircraft assembly process, progress of the assembly tasks to be carried out, the state information of the of the human worker and/or the prognostic data of the cognitive model; and
a human-machine interface configured to present information from the system control to the human worker and to receive input data the human worker that is provided to the system control.