Abstract: A tool-support system for working on holes of a surface. The tool-support system includes two rails fixed to the surface and having imprints regularly distributed over their length, and a mobile tool-support including a mobile optical system capturing an image of the surface. For each rail, at least one wheel is adapted to be moved on the rail, and includes on its rolling strip counter-imprints complementary to the imprints. A mobile tool carries a working tip, and a control unit is configured to control the movement of the mobile tool-support, of the tool and of the optical system to analyze an image captured by the optical system and to detect the presence of a hole. A tool-support system of this kind can therefore move along the rails without slipping while detecting the holes to work on them.

Abstract: A tool-support system for working on holes of a surface. The tool-support system includes two rails fixed to the surface and having imprints regularly distributed over their length, and a mobile tool-support including a mobile optical system capturing an image of the surface. For each rail, at least one wheel is adapted to be moved on the rail, and includes on its rolling strip counter-imprints complementary to the imprints. A mobile tool carries a working tip, and a control unit is configured to control the movement of the mobile tool-support, of the tool and of the optical system to analyze an image captured by the optical system and to detect the presence of a hole. A tool-support system of this kind can therefore move along the rails without slipping while detecting the holes to work on them.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include methods in which locations within an aircraft fuselage are automatically pointed to and marked so that a part may be fastened at each marked location. A mobile assembly includes a video camera that may capture images of the aircraft fuselage. A plurality of predetermined locations may be visualized and verified by a successive implementation of a first image recognition process and a second image recognition process. The mobile assembly may then automatically point to the predetermined locations after each has been identified and mark each predetermined location.

Abstract: According to the invention, the system (1), composed of a mobile unit (2) comprising a video camera (3), points automatically a plurality of predetermined locations inside a structure (T) by a successive implementation of a first images recognition process and a second images recognition process by means of said video camera (3).