Pick and Place, automated placement of components.

See also:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CqpbsTfVtM Pick and place can be done with a CNC machine given special vacuum heads but the speed is generally not useful. For a small run, it might be better than hand assembly only because the hands can then be doing something else.
• http://vpapanik.blogspot.gr/2012/11/low-budget-manual-pick-place.html A low cost manual pick and place "machine" (guide) with vacuum pen made from a... pen... and needles mounted in rings to slid with a spring return.