There is provided a robot-guidance assembly for providing a precision
motion of an object, especially for providing a precision motion of a
disklike member such as a wafer, including a robot having at least one
robot arm. The at least one robot arm has a free end and a fixed end. The
robot can move the free end of the at least one robot arm in at least one
moving plane. The assembly also includes a guiding apparatus for
precisely guiding the free end of the at least one robot arm in the at
least one moving plane. There is also provided a method for inspecting a
surface of an object.