Method of and apparatus for producing vehicle body assembly

The invention provides a method of and an apparatus for producing a vehicle body assembly. The vehicle body assembling apparatus includes a lower jig, an upper jig movable by an arm of a robot, and ajoining device. The joining device performs joining operations for lower component parts (e.g., a temporary assembly of a rear floor frame) transported by the upper jig and positioned by the lower jig, upper component parts (e.g., a temporary assembly of a rear floor panel) held by the upper jig, and a temporary assembly of a vertical assembly (e.g., rear floor component) formed by overlapping theupper assembly with the lower assembly, above the lower jig at different timings. 本发明提供种车身组装体的制造方法及其装置，其中，车身组装装置(50)具有：下治具(52)；通过机器人的手臂(64)进行移动的上治具(54)；和接合装置。接合装置对由上治具(54)搬运且被下治具(52)定位的下侧构成部件(例如，后底板架(12)的预组装体(12A))、被保持于上治具(54)的上侧构成部件(例如，后底板(14)的预组装体(14A))、上侧组装体(14)在下治具(52)上重叠于下侧组装体(12)而形成的上下组装体(10)(例如,后底板组件(10))的预组装体(10A)在不同时刻进行接合。