SMT (surface mount technology) component placement systems, commonly called
pick-and-place machines or P&Ps, are
robotic machines which are used to place
surface-mount devices (SMDs) onto a
printed circuit board (PCB). They are used for high speed, high precision placing of broad range of electronic components, like
capacitors,
resistors,
integrated circuits onto the PCBs which are in turn used in
computers, consumer electronics as well as industrial, medical, automotive, military and telecommunications equipment.