This paper presents an algorithm to plain locally frictionless grasp on 3D objects. The objects can be of any arbitrary shape, since the surface is discretized in a cloud of points. The planning algorithm finds an initial force-closure grasp that is iteratively improved through an oriented search procedure. The grasp quality is measured with the “largest ball” criterion, and a force-closure test based on geometric considerations is used. The efficiency of the algorithm is illustrated through numerical example
