It is always exciting to see Quebec robotic innovation. Robotiq is a Quebec company that developed a very interesting robotic gripper that can adapt to various types of objects as shown in the video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87skD0jny78
Even more impressive, when the Adaptive Gripper is combined with the Motoman SDA10D dual-arm robotic system by Yaskawa, the result is a very powerful robot capable of manipulating a large variety of objects very precisely. The kitting example below illustrates the system capabilities very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YPwiwB-B4U
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/robotiq-adaptive-gripper-gives-yaskawa-arms-a-soft-touch