Component handler

A method for handling components, the method comprising:

• moving a source substrate supported on a support assembly to a retrieval position, the support assembly positioned below a turret assembly such that an end effector of the plurality of end effectors is positioned in a vertical downward facing direction above a component in an X-Y-θ coordinate position of the source substrate for retrieving the component from the source substrate;
• moving a component transfer medium on a component transfer assembly to the component release position corresponding to the X-Y-θ coordinate position of the source substrate, the component transfer assembly arranged above the turret assembly corresponding to a digital map position of the component on the source substrate, the component transfer medium for receiving the components from a plurality of end effectors of the turret assembly such that an end effector of the plurality of end effectors is positioned in a vertical upward facing direction for releasing a component from the end effector to the component transfer medium;
• rotating a turret of the turret assembly about a horizontal axis, the end effectors attached to and arranged peripherally around the turret and aligned radially from the horizontal axis;
• capturing images of the components held by the end effectors during rotation of the turret by an image capture device aligned radially from the horizontal axis;
• during rotation of the turret, actuating the end effectors to continually pick the components from the source substrate and place the picked components on the component transfer medium;
• and
• correcting or compensating by way of the component transfer assembly, any deviation of the component X-Y-θ coordinate position captured by the image capture device prior to placement of the component on the component transfer medium.