Robotic transport device for transporting small components and method carried out by the robotic device

A method for transporting small components, in which:

• small components are transported from a first region provided for receiving to a second region provided for storing by a transport mechanism;
• and
• individual small components are picked up by a component-receiving unit in the first region, then temporarily held and finally stored in the second region;
• wherein a transport of the component-receiving unit is carried out by the transport mechanism;
• wherein the transport mechanism is doubly suspended at suspension elements arranged at a distance from each other;
• and
• wherein a shift of the two suspension elements of the transport mechanism is carried out independently from each other in a direction perpendicular or almost perpendicular to the direction of transport or in the counter-direction.

A robotic transport device for small components comprising:

• a transport mechanism being suspended at two suspension elements;
• wherein the two suspension elements are distanced from each other in a direction of transport;
• and
• wherein the two suspension elements are constructed such that each suspension element is, independently from each other, configured to be shifted in a direction substantially vertical to the direction of transport.