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Technological advances have made it possible to advance assembly of aircraft from the days of “Rosie the Riveter” to automated manufacturing facilities of the future. Improvements in CNC controlled machines, called Positioners, and tooling, called End Effectors, have enabled the assembly process to pass from, two people, to robots working on opposite sides of a panel. Further developments with Multi-functioning End Effectors and stiffer more accurate Positioners have reduced the station to station cycle times of completely assembled panels. New generation systems show even greater promise for, not only lower cycle times, but lower investment costs and higher reliability.