Solving the problem of how medical students solve problems.

An article and more particularly a glassware gripping device constructed with opposed mating resiliently mounted gripper elements movably mounted with respect to each other and affording an inherent gripping force such that actuator applied forces may be substantially reduced. Additionally, the gripper elements per se of the device are of a modified configuration, i.e., feathered forwardly and rearwardly on their underside to enable their placement in close proximity with the concavity produced in a fluidized bed surface by article immersion.