Patent ID: 8056949

Claim:
A robot gripper system, comprising: a robot comprising a distinct two-finger robot gripper, wherein said distinct two-finger robot gripper comprises two robot gripper fingers; and a gripper adaptor comprising a unitary block comprising a plurality of identical sockets passing through the unitary block, wherein each socket comprises a size and a shape corresponding to a standardized bar on robot deployed tools, wherein said unitary block comprises a plurality of pairs of channels where each channel of the plurality of pairs of channels runs along a face of the unitary block, wherein each pair of channels of the plurality of pairs of channels is associated with said distinct two-finger robot gripper such that channels of said each pair of channels are disposed on opposing faces of the unitary block to accommodate opposing said two robot gripper fingers of the associated two-finger robot gripper, and wherein the channels in a given pair comprise a complementary shape to each of said opposing two robot gripper finger of the associated two-finger robot gripper.