Method of controlling a component handler of an automated motion system, for picking up a component from a pick-up position, the component handler comprising a calibrated actuator comprising a stationary part, a movable part, one or more coils (24a, 24b), a permanent magnet, and an actuating member, a component holder comprising a distal end and an elastic member, wherein the component holder is arranged to be actuated from a resting position to an extended position by the actuating member of the actuator and from the extended position to the resting position by the elastic member, wherein the method comprises a) acquiring calibration data of the component holder by: - bringing said actuating member into contact with an actuable portion of the component holder, - moving the component holder in at least one position within said resting and extended position, and - measuring the required current ( I coil) in said one or more coils (24a, 24b) to maintain or move the component holder in said at least one position, - determining said calibration data from said current ( I coil), b) using said calibration data to control the actuator for moving the component holder such that its distal end applies a predetermined force on the component in the pick-up position. a calibrated actuator comprising a stationary part, a movable part, one or more coils (24a, 24b), a permanent magnet, and an actuating member, a component holder comprising a distal end and an elastic member, wherein the component holder is arranged to be actuated from a resting position to an extended position by the actuating member of the actuator and from the extended position to the resting position by the elastic member, wherein the method comprises a) acquiring calibration data of the component holder by: - bringing said actuating member into contact with an actuable portion of the component holder, - moving the component holder in at least one position within said resting and extended position, and - measuring the required current ( I coil) in said one or more coils (24a, 24b) to maintain or move the component holder in said at least one position, - determining said calibration data from said current ( I coil), b) using said calibration data to control the actuator for moving the component holder such that its distal end applies a predetermined force on the component in the pick-up position. a) acquiring calibration data of the component holder by: - bringing said actuating member into contact with an actuable portion of the component holder, - moving the component holder in at least one position within said resting and extended position, and - measuring the required current ( I coil) in said one or more coils (24a, 24b) to maintain or move the component holder in said at least one position, - determining said calibration data from said current ( I coil), - bringing said actuating member into contact with an actuable portion of the component holder, - moving the component holder in at least one position within said resting and extended position, and - measuring the required current ( I coil) in said one or more coils (24a, 24b) to maintain or move the component holder in said at least one position, - determining said calibration data from said current ( I coil), b) using said calibration data to control the actuator for moving the component holder such that its distal end applies a predetermined force on the component in the pick-up position.