Digumarti, Krishna ManaswiCacucciolo, VitoShea, Herbert2023-03-022023-03-022023-03-022023https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/195351An electroadhesive gripping system and a method for gripping and manipulating an object are disclosed. The invention provides a novel approach particularly useful to pick fabrics or otherwise flat and flexible objects including a method relying on electroadhesion as well as a pinch-type gripper to separate said object, such as a fabric ply, from e.g. a work surface.patentEP414066677563947