diff --git a/pal-gripper/DESCR b/pal-gripper/DESCR
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+PAL grippers related packages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pal-gripper/Makefile b/pal-gripper/Makefile
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+# robotpkg Makefile for:	wip/pal-gripper
+# Created:			Olivier Stasse on Tue, 8 May 2018
+#
+
+VERSION=	0.0.13
+PKGBASE=	pal-gripper
+DISTNAME=	${VERSION}
+PKGNAME=	${PKGBASE}-${VERSION}
+ROSNAME=	$(subst -,_,${PKGBASE})
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${ROSNAME}-${VERSION}
+DIST_SUBDIR=	${PKGBASE}
+
+CATEGORIES=	wip
+HOMEPAGE=	${MASTER_SITE_GITHUB:=pal-robotics/${ROSNAME}}
+MASTER_SITES=	${HOMEPAGE}/archive/
+COMMENT=	PAL grippers related packages
+LICENSE=	2-clause-bsd
+
+
+ROS_METAPKG=	yes
+USE_BOOST_LIBS=	thread
+
+include ../../devel/boost-headers/depend.mk
+include ../../devel/boost-libs/depend.mk
+include ../../devel/ros-catkin/depend.mk
+include ../../interfaces/ros-common-msgs/depend.mk
+include ../../interfaces/ros-std-msgs/depend.mk
+include ../../lang/ros-message-generation/depend.mk
+include ../../lang/ros-message-runtime/depend.mk
+include ../../middleware/ros-comm/depend.mk
+include ../../mk/language/c++.mk
+include ../../mk/language/c.mk
+include ../../mk/robotpkg.mk
diff --git a/pal-gripper/depend.mk b/pal-gripper/depend.mk
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+# robotpkg depend.mk for:	wip/pal-gripper
+# Created:			Olivier Stasse on Tue, 8 May 2018
+#
+
+DEPEND_DEPTH:=			${DEPEND_DEPTH}+
+PAL_GRIPPER_DEPEND_MK:=	${PAL_GRIPPER_DEPEND_MK}+
+
+ifeq (+,$(DEPEND_DEPTH))
+DEPEND_PKG+=			pal-gripper
+endif
+
+ifeq (+,$(PAL_GRIPPER_DEPEND_MK)) # ----------------------------------
+
+PREFER.pal-gripper?=	robotpkg
+
+DEPEND_USE+=			pal-gripper
+
+DEPEND_ABI.pal-gripper?=	pal-gripper>=0.2.8
+DEPEND_DIR.pal-gripper?=	../../wip/pal-gripper
+
+SYSTEM_SEARCH.pal-gripper=\
+  'lib/pal_gripper_configuratio/home_gripper.py'		\
+  'share/pal_gripper/package.xml:/<version>/s/[^0-9.]//gp'	\
+  'lib/pkgconfig/pal_gripper.pc:/Version/s/[^0-9.]//gp'  \
+  'share/pal_gripper/cmake/pal_gripperConfig.cmake'
+
+endif # PAL_GRIPPER_DEPEND_MK ----------------------------------------
+
+DEPEND_DEPTH:=		${DEPEND_DEPTH:+=}
diff --git a/pal-gripper/distinfo b/pal-gripper/distinfo
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+SHA1 (pal-gripper/0.0.13.tar.gz) = 302d769c966d2129586a6905a68542ad2f6de514
+RMD160 (pal-gripper/0.0.13.tar.gz) = 5fee6478b7059b67604184b1f0c3c9af2f0914ea
+Size (pal-gripper/0.0.13.tar.gz) = 218814 bytes