Greifeinrichtung fuer einen Industrieroboter

Workpieces to be handled by the industrial robot are grasped and conveyed by gripper jaws. Flexible or non-rigid workpieces such as hoses were previously mounted onto the corresponding connectors manually, which was an awkward and time-consuming operation. In order to mount reliably non-rigid workpieces, in particular hoses, with an industrial robot, the gripper jaws are provided with at least one gripper force sensor. Said sensor is designed preferably as a slip sensor. By means of the gripper force sensor, the gripping force exerted by the gripper jaws on the workpiece can be very simply measured so that the required gripping force can be continuously and simply adjusted. The device is suitable for connection to an industrial robot so that workpieces can be easily grasped and conveyed by said industrial robots.