Patent ID: 7352198

Claim:
A system operable to maintain a relative position between a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of electrical contacts, the system comprising: a position controller coupled to a first component, the position controller having an input to correct for positioning errors; at least one sensor coupled to the first component or a frame supporting the first component, the first component configured to hold a device having the plurality of electrical contacts, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to measure at least one parameter along at least one axis of a three-dimensional coordinate system; and a control system coupled to the first component and configured to receive information from the at least one sensor and configured to determine actuation forces based on the information and wherein the actuation forces act on the first component to repeatedly compensate for vibration disturbances to the system and wherein the control system deermines the actuation forces based on at least one of an acceleration and a velocity and wherein the first component is moved on an air bearing by the position controller which controls an X-Y gantry motion system that is coupled to the first component to move the first component for positioning of the first component, and wherein the actuation forces are delivered using the X-Y gantry motion system.