Patent ID: 8534730

Claim:
An areal gripper for targeted picking-up, handling and putting down of objects, the areal gripper comprising: a foil element comprising: an elastically deformable, air-permeably perforated first layer, with a first outer surface and a first inner surface; and an elastically deformable air-impermeable second layer with a second outer surface and a second inner surface, wherein the first inner surface and the second inner surface face one another and are spaced from one another through individually arranged elastically deformable spacers formed between the first inner surface and second inner surface, and wherein intermediate spaces are formed by the spacers between the first inner surface and the second inner surface; and an air-tight frame laterally surrounding the foil element that comprises at least one elastically deformable frame section, wherein the frame is connected to circumferential edges of the first layer and of the second layer in a circumferentially air-tight manner, and wherein the foil element or the frame comprises at least one connection for a pressure supply to create an underpressure in the intermediate spaces.