With the development of the aviation industry

the performance of aircraft has been improving

and the requirements for quality inspection have been continuously increasing. Compared with traditional manual methods

robot-based automated inspection technology has higher operating accuracy and efficiency

and has been widely used in aviation manufacturing and maintenance processes. This article focuses on the application of robot-based automated inspection technology in various aspects such as component processing

finished product quality inspection

and aircraft maintenance and repair over the past decade

especially in surface drilling process inspection

large

irregular and complex component processing inspection

internal material nondestructive inspection

structural shape inspection

aircraft skin and surface quality inspection and aircraft internal narrow space inspection. This paper reviews in detail the application effects of different kinds of robots such as six-axis industrial robots

wheeled mobile robots

crawling robots

continuum robots and unmanned aerial vehicles with ultrasonic

optical and other types of detection technologies. Most of the articles reviewed were summarized in a table for reference by the researchers concerned. In conclusion

research on robot-based automated inspection technology is of great practical significance for improving quality control in aviation manufacturing and maintenance processes

but it still faces challenges of insufficient flexibility

insufficient algorithm intelligence and insufficient human-computer interaction research.