Automated clamp

An automated clamp for clamping a rib web to a rib post or rib foot of an aircraft wing box, the clamp comprising:

• a clamp frame having a first arm and a second arm extending from the base of the clamp frame, wherein the second arm is moveable towards and away from the first arm;
• a robot end effector connector coupled to the clamp frame;
• clamp jaws including a first jaw fixed at a distal end of the first arm, and a second jaw fixed at a distal end of the second arm, the clamp jaws configured to clamp a rib web to a rib post or clamp a rib web to a rib foot;
• wherein the first jaw and/or second jaw comprises a contact normalisation system, the contact normalisation system comprising:
• a jaw body fixed relative to the respective arm, and
• a nose-piece rotatably coupled to the jaw body and configured to contact a surface of one of the rib web, rib post and rib foot, wherein the nose-piece is configured to passively rotate relative to the jaw body upon contact with the surface.