Patent ID: 7165669

Claim:
A method for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules, comprising: providing a plurality of workstations arranged on a base unit; providing a plurality of module carriers for miniaturized modules, the plurality of module carriers cooperating simultaneously with respective ones of the plurality of work stations; providing a gripper head and a base element for each module carrier; for each of said module carriers, enabling movement of said gripper head relative to said respective work station for carrying out said working steps by: (i) enabling movement of said gripper head relative to the base element of said module carrier in at least three directions of at least three linear axes of movement, each linear axis allowing movement for fine positioning in a direction transverse to the other ones and said movement being provided by a respective positioning unit arranged between said gripper head and said base element; and (ii) enabling movement of said base element on said base unit and relative to said base unit for coarse positioning in a direction of at least one axis.