The ability to literally walk over the fuselage to drill the skin panels
FLEXIBLE DRILLINGHEAD (FDH) 5 Axis Drilling Crawler Robot is a portable and autonomous drilling and riveting stand alone robot.
The FDH is a 5 interpolated axis drilling machine with modular design for easy system customization.
Its principle is to ‘walk’ over the aircraft fuselage, holding on place by means of a set of vacuum cups. Once the FDH walks to position, gets locked with the vacuum cups and is ready to perform the drilling/riveting operation.
