Abstract: A handling device for mechanically gripping, holding, moving or otherwise handling objects of any shape having a defined or undefined position, in particular for handling equipment such as industrial robots, consists of a large number of holding pins which are lowered onto the object to be held, are movably mounted in the longitudinal direction in bores of a holding pin guide plate, and are used to clamp the objects. The objects are released once again by pushing back the holding pins by an ejector plate.