The present disclosure discloses a grasping device, a robot grasping jaw and a robot. The grasping device includes: a bracket; a gecko biomimetic adhesive pad having a first surface with a directional dry adhesion structure; a first connecting structure connecting the bracket and a first side of the gecko biomimetic adhesive pad; and a second connecting structure provided opposite to the first connecting structure and connecting the bracket and a second side of the gecko biomimetic adhesive pad. The first connecting structure is retractable. The first connecting structure and the second connecting structure are configured to collaboratively provide a loading force in a first direction to the gecko biomimetic adhesive pad.

A system for storing and handling small piece goods is provided. The system includes a plurality of horizontal storage surfaces for storing the small piece goods and a gripper. The gripper includes a delivery table, a gripping jaw guide assembly having two gripping jaws extending over the delivery table, wherein at least one of the gripping jaws is movable in a first direction and a drive unit coupled to the gripping jaw guide assembly and configured to move the gripping jaw guide assembly in a second direction. One of the gripping jaws includes a suction device having a suction surface and an adhesive element adjacent to the suction surface, the adhesive element having an increased adhesive friction coefficient compared to a surface of the gripping jaw, wherein the suction device is configured to apply a vacuum. A picking device for small piece goods is also provided.

A handling system (10) for a cleanroom (64), a cleanroom (64) having such a handling system (10), and a method for lifting off cover layers (16).

Grasping devices and mechanisms are provided capable of grasping onto flat or curved surfaces repeatably and releasably using synthetic dry adhesives. Applications of these devices can be found in a large variety of robotic applications.

A gripper system is provided that includes first and second linear carriages and first and second gecko adhesive patches. The gecko adhesive patches may have first and second surfaces, and a thin rigid backing may be attached to the second surface of the gecko adhesive patches. At least one layer of non-stretchable, flexible film may be glued to the thin rigid backing and a thick rigid backing may be glued to the film. The gripper system may further include a loading film. In other embodiments, the gripper system may include first and second pluralities of support tendons, which may connect the gecko adhesive patches to the carriages.

A transport tool for transporting a laboratory article using a pipette of a pipetting system, and having a plug-in sleeve at a top end, an article holder at a bottom end, and a connecting part which connects the plug-in sleeve to the article holder. The plug-in sleeve has a side sleeve wall and a bottom which surround an interior space of the plug-in sleeve having a cylindrical or conically tapering shape. The plug-in sleeve further has an upward-facing opening for receiving an end of a pipette of an automated pipetting system. The article holder has a holding element oriented downward away from the connecting part. The holding element having at least two elongated projections which has one or more snap hooks protruding outwards to hook under a storage opening of a pipette tip carrier.

A transport tool for transporting a laboratory article using a pipette of a pipetting system and having a plug-in sleeve at a top end, an article holder at a bottom end, and a connecting part which connects the plug-in sleeve to the article holder. The plug-in sleeve has a side sleeve wall and a bottom which surround an interior space of the plug-in sleeve having a cylindrical and conically tapering shape. The plug-in sleeve further has an upward-facing opening for receiving an end of a pipette of an automated pipetting system. The connecting part has a top surface which defines the bottom of the plug-in sleeve, is positioned between the interior space of the plug-in sleeve and the article holder. The article holder has a holding plate which is flat and faces downward away from the plug-in sleeve, and further has a flatly acting magnet on the holding plate.

A transport tool for transporting a laboratory article using a pipette of a pipetting system includes at least one plug-in sleeve, which is implemented for the releasable plugging-in of a receptacle cone of a pipette, and which can be plugged onto the receptacle cone of the pipette instead of a disposable pipette tip. In addition, the transport tool includes an article holder having at least one holding part, which is implemented to form a support connection with a laboratory article. A connecting part connects the article holder to the plug-in sleeve, so that holding axes of the article holder and the sleeve axis of the plug-in sleeve are arranged coaxially or axially-parallel to one another.

The present disclosure describes carriers for carrying products, connected with reusable stickiness (adhesive) to grab and release different surfaces (products) and also includes the gecko conveyor, gecko cylinder, mechanical gecko arm etc. While the gecko's glue holds the product on the carrier strongly in one direction, one can easily pull the product out to the other direction and no extra motor or vacuum is needed, hence saving on costs and on extra parts that can be damaged. The shape of the product can be changed and is not necessarily symmetric. The carrier can come as a complete new product or the gecko adhesive can be as an add-on a belt of an existing carrier and includes a carrier that has reusable adhesive made out of carbon nanotubes mimicking a gecko foot. The present invention is directed to all carriers such as in factories, construction, cranes and conveyor belts in airports.

A control device for adhesion and detachment is provided and includes a base, an actuator, and a movement mechanism including a bearing unit, a peeling unit, and an adhesion unit. The peeling unit is a thin sheet with a high elastic modulus and has a first side and a second side that are opposite to each other. An upper surface of the peeling unit is fixed on a lower surface of the bearing unit. The actuator is fixed to the first side of the peeling unit. The adhesion unit is arranged on a lower surface of the peeling unit. The peeling unit bends and elastically deforms from the first side towards the second side under an action of the actuator in such a manner that the adhesion unit moves synchronously. The peeling unit is in a flat state upon a recovery from the elastic deformation.