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When referring to robotic prehension there are four general categories of robot grippers, these are<ref>{{cite book |last1=Monkman |first1=G. J. |last2=Hesse |first2=S. |last3=Steinmann |first3=R. |last4=Schunk |first4=H. |title=Robot Grippers |publisher=Wiley-VCH |year=2007 |isbn=978-3-527-40619-7 |page=62}}</ref>:

# Impactive – jawstrjjrjytgraspjaws or claws which physically grasp by direct impact upon the object.

# Ingressive – pins, needles or hackles which physically penetrate the surface of the object (used in textile, carbon and glass fibre handling).

# Astrictive – suction forces applied to the objects surface (whether by vacuum, magneto– or electroadhesion).