Patent ID: 8115349

Claim:
A magnetic levitation system, comprising: levitation-actuator movable elements which generate a levitation force applied to a control object; levitation-actuator stators receiving a reactive force while the control object is being operated, the levitation-actuator stators being attached to a fixed or movable structure; a current controller which controls a current that flows through the levitation-actuator stators; a position sensor which detects a position and an orientation of the control object; and a controller which determines a current command applied to the current controller so that the control object is suspended by magnetic levitation, the current command being determined on the basis of information of the position and the orientation detected by the position sensor, wherein at least one of the levitation-actuator stators includes levitation-actuator stator units that are connected to each other, wherein the controller includes an input device configured to receive first information from outside of the magnetic levitation system, the first information including number and positions of the levitation-actuator stator units and target positions of the levitation-actuator movable elements, and wherein the controller generates the current command for each of the levitation-actuator stator units on the basis of the first information.