Gripping pliers

Gripping pliers (1) for grasping and holding an object, comprising at least two gripping jaws (2), movable in reference to each other, a drive that moves the gripping jaws in an opening direction and a closing direction, at least one of the gripping jaws (2) comprising more than two fingers (3), arranged side-by-side and the fingers on the gripping jaw (2) are movable together in the opening and closing directions, and each of the fingers is individually adjustable against a restoring force that acts approximately in the opening or the closing direction, the gripping jaws (2) are each formed in one piece with the respective fingers (3), each of the gripping jaws (2) comprises the fingers (3) that are individually adjustable, and the fingers (3) are each individually connected via a spring-elastic, restoring force generating material section (6) to a base area (7) of the gripping jaws.