Method for calibrating a robot mounted on active magnetic bearings and having a gripper vertically positionable along a z axis and which is displaceable in a first magnetic bearing along an x axis and in a second magnetic bearing along a y axis includes dividing the first and second magnetic bearings into four mounting points; defining the setpoint center coordinates for the X, Y, Z axes and also the setpoint values for the angular positions δ, ε and transformation of the setpoint values into setpoint values for the vertical setpoint positions of the mounting points; specifying the actuating forces for the electromagnets of the mounting points; determining the current vertical positions for the mounting points; measuring the current vertical position of the mounting points and conversion into actual center coordinates; comparing the actual center coordinates with the setpoint center coordinates, determining the deviation and repeating the preceding steps.