An electro-adhesion gripper (20) for holding workpieces (31), comprising a first helical electrode (1) with a plurality of windings and a second helical electrode (2) with a plurality of windings, the two helical electrodes (1, 2) being arranged at least partially in a bifilar manner, is characterised in that the electro-adhesion gripper (20) is a diode component (6), via which the helical electrodes (1, 2) are connected to one another, the parts of the two helical electrodes (1, 2), which are connected in series via the diode component (6), having a non-vanishing inductivity. The invention introduces an electro-adhesion gripper, on which a simple check of the gripper configuration is possible.