Manufacturing method and robotic assembly system

A tool comprising:

• a plurality of different tooling components, wherein:
• each of the plurality of different tooling components is associated with a different type of fastener,
• a first one of the plurality of different tooling components is operable to install a rivet-type fastener or a lock bolt-type fastener,
• each of the plurality of tooling components comprises a magnetically attractive base with a front surface and a rear surface,
• the magnetically attractive base of each of the plurality of tooling components comprises a passageway, extending through the magnetically attractive base at least between the front surface and the rear surface,
• the passageway is configured for a predetermined assembly operation,
• each of the plurality of tooling components comprises a first spacing protrusion and a third spacing protrusion,
• the first spacing protrusion of the first one of the plurality of different tooling components is a U-shaped spacing protrusion,
• the third spacing protrusion of the first one of the plurality of different tooling components is a closed-shape spacing protrusion,
• the first spacing protrusion of each of the pluralit of tooling components projects a length from the front surface of the magnetically attractive base of a corresponding one the plurality of tooling components to an engagement surface of the first spacing protrusion,
• the first spacing protrusion is operable to contact a first surface of a workpiece with the engagement surface of the first spacing protrusion and simultaneously. to space the front surface of the magnetically attractive base from a fastener, installed in the workpiece and protruding above a first surface of the workpiece and toward the front surface of the magnetically attractive base, the workpiece further comprising a second surface, opposite the first surface.
• a robotic assembly, wherein:
• each of the plurality of tooling components is attachable to the robotic assembly, and
• the robotic assembly is operable:
• to select one of the plurality of tooling components based on the predetermined assembly operation to be performed on the workpiece,
• to align the passageway of the one of the plurality of tooling components, selected based on the predetermined assembly operation to be performed on the workpiece, with an opening in the workpiece, and
• to engage the engagement surface of the first spacing protrusion of the one of the plurality of tooling components, selected based on the predetermined assembly operation to be performed on the workpiece, against the surface of the workpiece;
• and
• an electromagnet assembly, comprising an electromagnet, an opening, and a second spacing protrusion projecting a length from a front surface of the electromagnet to an engagement surface of the second spacing protrusion and positioned adjacent to the opening, wherein:
• the second spacing protrusion is operable to contact the second surface of the workpiece with the engagement surface of the second spacing protrusion and, simultaneously, to space the front surface of the electromagnet from the fastener, installed in the workpiece and protruding above the second surface of the workpiece and toward the front surface of the electromagnet,
• the electromagnet assembly is operable to clamp the workpiece between the engagement surface of the second spacing protrusion of the electromagnet assembly and the engagement surface of the first spacing protrusion of a corresponding one of the plurality of tooling components by creating a magnetic field that draws the electromagnet and the magnetically attractive base of the corresponding one of the plurality of tooling components toward each other,
• the opening of the electromagnet assembly is coaxial with the passageway of the magnetically attractive base of the corresponding one of the plurality of tooling components such that the first spacing protrusion of the corresponding one of the plurality of tooling components is aligned with the second spacing protrusion of the electromagnet assembly along a center axis of the tool.