Patent ID: 8632110

Claim:
A gripping device for picking up and transporting a product, the gripping device comprising: a first and a second gripper arm; a central clamp configured to be connected to a movable robot arm, the central clamp being arranged between the first and second gripper arms, wherein each of the first gripper arm, the second gripper arm and the clamp comprise an elastic belt that lies against a surface section of the product when the product is picked up by the gripping device; and at least one spring element; wherein the elastic belt of the first gripper arm, the second gripper arm, and the central clamp can be pressed against the surface section of the product by the at least one spring element in order to hold the product in the gripping device in a stationary manner during the transport, wherein the product is held in a first direction by the elastic belts of the first and the second gripper arms and is held in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction by the elastic belt of the central clamp.