The Economist reports on the LeapFrog project that seeks to bring about Automated Tailoring:
One of Leapfrog’s most important tasks is to find ways of grasping and manipulating fabric without damaging it…
An number of methods are being pursued
…The first is straightforward: vacuum suction pads. The other two are more unusual. One employs a thermoelectric phenomenon, called the Peltier effect, to cool the graspers handling the cloth (and thus the cloth itself) well below zero by passing current through them…
