The Bridgestone series air picker and air gripper components can carry a load 25 to 100 times their own weight and accommodate multiple workpiece sizes without the need to change gripping chuck for each product diameter. The air picker operates by being positioned into the opening of a cylinder or similar object and then pneumatically inflating its rubber tube to create a seal against the inside wall of the object, allowing it to be picked up and moved. The air gripper is placed around the outside of a workpiece and its rubber sleeve inflated to create a seal that grips like a clamp before the object is moved.