In addition to being the largest commercial aircraft in the world, the recently unveiled double-deck A380 from Airbus (Toulouse, France) is incorporating a number of innovative assembly technologies.
Among these technologies is the use of huge wing assembly E4380 robots manufactured by Electroimpact (Mukilteo, WA). These massive four-story-high, 80-ton yoke-shaped machines fully straddle the wings in order to drill, tap and rivet stringers to the skin panels along the wings' entire span.