GelSight Partners with PRAGMA on Integrated Solution for Nondestructive Testing

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New solution combining GelSight tactile sensors with PragmaFlex device and Pragma3D software enables advanced 3D surface scanning and data fusion for nondestructive evaluation

Waltham, Mass. – June 13, 2024 – GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced a new partnership with PRAGMA, a leader in nondestructive evaluation (NDE) 4.0 technologies, to provide integrated solutions to the nondestructive testing (NDT) market. The joint solution incorporates GelSight’s tactile sensing technology directly into the PragmaFlex instrument platform, which is embedded with Pragma3D software, to provide more in-depth data and analysis of surface characteristics for NDE.

GelSight’s unique technology uses 3D imaging to map surface finish and defects of any material, anywhere at the micron level. By integrating GelSight’s tactile sensing technology directly with the 3D position encoding capabilities of the PragmaFlex platform, it provides users with a comprehensive view of the valuable information they need when inspecting parts and surfaces. From there, the Pragma3D software allows for data fusion with ultrasound, eddy current scans, optical 3D scans, CAD, and more.

“We are excited about how this new integrated solution will improve fully automated NDT workflows,” said GelSight CEO Youssef Benmokhtar. “By combining GelSight tactile sensors with the PragmaFlex platform, users now have access to micrometer-level measurement data that can be fused with data from different modalities for deeper surface inspection and analysis.”

PragmaFlex is the world’s first portable NDE 4.0 instrument platform, running Pragma3D software. The platform can support one or two of several NDT modalities, including ultrasonic testing, phased array ultrasonic testing, eddy current testing, eddy current arrays, and bond testing. Pragma3D also unlocks a new revolution in NDT, as it opens the door to free-form 3D scanning with data fusion of multiple modalities. It powers various levels of inspection processes, from manual testing to fully automated inspections with robots and cobots.  

“Since PRAGMA is committed to 3D, multi-modality, and data fusion, incorporating GelSight’s tactile sensing technology into our ecosystem feels like a natural extension of the PragmaFlex platform,” said François Mainguy, President and CEO of PRAGMA. “NDT requires advanced insights on surface characteristics and by partnering with GelSight, we are offering users incredibly detailed data to help them make more informed decisions.”

To learn more about GelSight’s suite of tactile intelligence solutions, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/products/. For more information on the PragmaFlex platform, please visit https://pragmandt.com/product-pragmaflex/.

About GelSight
GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/. 

About PRAGMA
PRAGMA designs, manufactures, and distributes portable instruments and integrated systems for nondestructive testing of materials. Its manual and automated solutions are used to inspect a wide range of metal and composite parts, to check for material properties and flaws in industries like aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas. PRAGMA is a leader in NDE 4.0 technologies.  You can read more by visiting www.pragmandt.com.

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GelSight’s New AI-Enhanced Metrology Software Streamlines Integration with Partner Solutions

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New GelSight Mobile 3.7 software update introduces new API integration and Mandarin translation support to enhance customers’ global workflows

Waltham, Mass. – April 10, 2024 – GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, , today announced the release of its GelSight Mobile™ 3.7 software package, which adds APIs that enable users to integrate GelSight’s tactile sensing capabilities into factory automation processes, robotics systems, and other products sold as a total solution. GelSight Mobile 3.7 also makes it easier to deploy and use the GelSight Mobile system globally by adding Mandarin translation support in addition to English, French, and Japanese.

The new APIs in GelSight Mobile 3.7 deliver a suite of tools that allows users to integrate GelSight into automated production tests or workflows that require detailed surface inspection and analysis. GelSight partners will now also have the ability to add GelSight’s tactile sensing capabilities and the detailed data from its surface measurements to their own OEM products. For example, Cadre Forensics has embedded a GelSight sensor into its firearm forensics imaging device to enable deeper analysis of defects on reflective surfaces.

“While GelSight Mobile was originally launched as a standalone metrology software and handheld hardware solution, our partners and customers have expressed interest in integrating our system into automated workflows and their own OEM systems,” said Dennis Lang, Chief Business Officer at GelSight. “GelSight Mobile 3.7 now makes this possible with the addition of these new APIs.”

GelSight Mobile is a portable system that offers a superhuman touch sensor with micron-level resolution to provide metrologists, inspectors, and engineers with data-driven insights on surface characteristics that allow users to make more informed decisions. With this software release, GelSight is making digital surface inspection more accessible by allowing users to add GelSight Mobile’s capabilities to existing automated workflows and translate outputs across more languages.  

“Since GelSight works with some of the top international OEMs in aerospace, automotive, and energy, we felt the improved language support was essential to provide a standard solution that can be used across a global company,” said Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO at GelSight. “We’re excited to bring these new options to our partners and customers with GelSight Mobile 3.7 and look forward to seeing how they utilize these features to improve their automated production, inspection, and robotics processes.”

GelSight Mobile 3.7 is now available, request more information by contacting info@gelsight.com. To learn more about GelSight Mobile, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/solutions/surface-metrology-mobile/.

About GelSight
GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/. 

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GelSight and Hexagon Sign Global Partnership Agreement

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Formal reseller agreement and partnership will lead to comprehensive, integrated manufacturing and surface inspection solutions leveraging GelSight and Hexagon technologies

Waltham, Mass. – February 7, 2024 – GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced a global partnership agreement with Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies. The partnership will enable the companies’ respective teams to promote and sell GelSight’s tactile sensing products, as well as future integrated products to the market.

Following GelSight’s win at Hexagon’s second Sixth Sense open innovation platform last year, GelSight and Hexagon have now established this global reseller agreement for GelSight’s product line, including the GelSight Mobile and GelSight Max. The formal partnership and collaboration between GelSight and Hexagon will also accelerate the time to market for future products that offer more complete solutions to pressing manufacturing issues, such as the shortage of qualified labor.

Hexagon’s vast portfolio of metrology technologies measure the dimensions or digitize the surface to inform quality, maintenance processes and smart manufacturing. GelSight provides complementary digital touch technology that can characterize surface roughness and measure defects such as scratches and dents with micron-level resolution. GelSight’s technology is well suited to operate in uncontrolled lighting environments that rely heavily on manual inspection by line workers, especially with traditionally difficult-to-characterize materials like glass and highly reflective metals.

“GelSight’s products and technologies are complementary to Hexagon’s, which makes selling bundles and integrated products a natural fit in order to enable unique solutions that few on the market can match,” said Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO at GelSight. “We know that customers are looking for comprehensive solutions to solve common manufacturing and surface inspection challenges, and we believe this partnership will lead to powerful solutions that more effectively meet these needs.”

In addition, the combination of GelSight and Hexagon technologies unlocks new applications that digitize previously tedious, manual inspection processes. For example, mounting a GelSight Mobile device on a Hexagon robotic arm will fully automate customer workflows for shot peen analysis on safety-critical parts such as aircraft landing gear. Additionally, GelSight’s tactile sensors will bring surface roughness analysis solutions to Hexagon’s portfolio and GelSight’s AI Toolbox enables perceptual quality measurements.

“We are thrilled to partner with GelSight after the potential the team showcased as part of the second Sixth Sense cohort, and the impressive progress the company has made since winning last year’s competition,” said Milan Kocic, Senior Director, Sixth Sense at Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. “Sixth Sense was created to nurture and support startups that address the growing demand for disruptive innovation in manufacturing, and this agreement with GelSight is a great example of how our platform can offer valuable opportunities to breakthrough technologies.” Benmokhtar will be featured as a speaker at this year’s Sixth Sense event as part of a Fireside Chat on Powerful Partnerships, sharing how the Sixth Sense program unlocks opportunities for its cohort members. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 7 at 2:30pm GMT at CodeNode in London, EC2M 7EB. The hybrid event is free to attend, both virtually and in-person. Learn more about the event and sign up here.

About GelSight
GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/. 

About Hexagon
Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping production and people related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that use data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter. For more information, visit hexagon.com/mi.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,500 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

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GelSight Unveils New GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition

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Ruggedized to withstand harsh environments, the newest addition to GelSight’s product line up brings even more resilient 3D surface analysis tools to the field and the production line

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced the debut of GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition, a new, ruggedized version of the GelSight Mobile system, designed to perform in the most demanding environments, from production lines to the field. GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition delivers the same high resolution 3D surface capabilities as GelSight Mobile in a more robust – and vivid – design.

Engineers, line workers, and field teams operating in harsh environments now have a metrology device with a critical trifecta of benefits: rugged, portable, and digital. GelSight’s newly launched metrology device, GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition’sfeatures include:

  • Shock Protection: Built-in shock protection thanks to a new ruggedized system design.
  • Tough Casing: Defense against the unavoidable bumps and scrapes that occur in manufacturing, maintenance, and repair lines and remote environments.
  • Slip Resistant Grip: Oil, water, and sweat resistant silicone sleeve and wristband improve retention and reduce likelihood that system, or products, under test are damaged through drops.
  • High Visibility Color: Safety orange inspired color ensures the system is easier to locate in low light environments.

GelSight Mobile offers a superhuman touch sensor with micron-level resolution that provides metrologists and inspectors with data-driven insights on surface characteristics that allow them to make more informed decisions. GelSight’s easy-to-use system allows users to be quickly trained to make highly repeatable measurements right at the site of the component.

GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition offers the same benefits as GelSight Mobile, including instant, high resolution and high precision 3D measurements and analyses. The ruggedized device is built for many environments, supporting versatile applications and is compatible with any surface, material, and environmental lighting conditions. GelSight Mobile products are portable and do not require controlled lab conditions, special adaptors, or internet access, all of which are particularly critical needs in the field.

“Portability and performance have brought GelSight Mobile devices to the metrology lab and production lines for years. GelSight continues to focus on improving field installations, quality inspection workflows, MRO operations, and more for our customers. With the introduction of GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition, our customers now have a groundbreaking tool that combines robust, micron-scale repeatable 2D and 3D surface analysis capabilities at their fingertips,” said Dennis Lang, Chief Business Officer at GelSight. “Purpose-built for harsh conditions, GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition now empowers engineers nearly everywhere with tough, high precision metrology tools.”

GelSight Mobile Shock Protected Edition is available for purchase globally. To learn more, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/product/gelsight-mobile-shock-protected/. Request a quote by contacting info@gelsight.com.

About GelSight

GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/.

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GelSight Revolutionizes Defect Detection with GelSight Mobile™ 3.5 Software Update

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New automated functions improve the efficiency and throughput of surface inspection, defect detection and measurement with GelSight Mobile

Waltham, Mass. – October 4, 2023 –(BUSINESS WIRE)–GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced the release of its GelSight Mobile™ 3.5 software package, with new automated functionality and improved ease of use for GelSight Mobile systems. GelSight Mobile 3.5 significantly streamlines users’ workflows with an improved user interface, automated defect detection, line selection tool improvements, and new capabilities that simplify surface inspection.

“With this additional level of automation, GelSight Mobile 3.5 is making it easier for customers to digitize previously manual processes to improve efficiency and mitigate human error in crucial inspection processes across industries from aerospace, to automotive, and beyond.”

GelSight Mobile 3.5 improves the efficiency and throughput of measurements captured by the portable GelSight Mobile system with automated defect detection. While defect detection processes have typically required multiple steps, the new defect detection feature offers GelSight Mobile users faster analysis with more detailed information on defects like dents, scratches, and pits in a single step. Other new features such as magnetic lines and rotating rectangles also make it easier for users to select, measure, and analyze defects within specific regions of interest. Additionally, GelSight Mobile’s pit detection capabilities have been updated to display 16 different colors, helping users easily connect the pit location in a scan to the pit measurement.

“GelSight is constantly looking for ways to make our systems easier to use while yielding more vital information about surface defects. Line workers and engineers alike will benefit from the tools in GelSight Mobile 3.5, with improved productivity through user interface changes and the new defect detection capability,” said Dennis Lang, Chief Business Officer at GelSight. “This software update to GelSight Mobile makes it easier to use our most popular tools and functions, giving users more options and speeding up their measurements, while still providing the most detailed and accurate information possible.”

GelSight Mobile offers a superhuman touch sensor with micron-level resolution that provides metrologists and inspectors with data-driven insights on surface characteristics that allow them to make more informed decisions. With this software release, GelSight is simplifying the digital inspection of any surface, regardless of material type or reflectivity, by making insights on defects available with a single click of a button.

“Based on direct feedback from customers, we’ve made significant improvements to the GelSight Mobile user interface and added new functionalities that streamline users’ workflows,” said Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO at GelSight. “With this additional level of automation, GelSight Mobile 3.5 is making it easier for customers to digitize previously manual processes to improve efficiency and mitigate human error in crucial inspection processes across industries from aerospace, to automotive, and beyond.”

GelSight Mobile 3.5 is now available, request more information by contacting info@gelsight.com. To learn more about GelSight Mobile, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/solutions/surface-metrology-mobile/.

About GelSight

GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/.

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Introducing GelSight Max: The Highest Resolution Mobile Surface Characterization Tool on The Market

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GelSight Max delivers lab-grade performance in the palm of your hand with submicron-level 3D measurement and surface roughness analysis capabilities

Waltham, Mass. – May 3, 2023 – GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced the launch of its new premium digital mobile metrology device, the GelSight Max. GelSight Max allows users to capture high resolution 2D images and 3D digital surface maps in milliseconds. These surface maps enable analysis functions such as submicron profile and surface roughness, as well as measurement of surface features, such as scratches and pitting, down to the submicron level, regardless of the material being measured. 

With the release of GelSight Max, the company expands its portfolio of portable mobile metrology and tactile sensing devices that digitize previously manual, qualitative measurements and inspection processes that require the use of expensive, static, and complex lab equipment. GelSight Max maintains the speed and usability customers expect of GelSight products, optimized to precisely measure features under 50µm and roughness values under an Ra of 2.0µm.

GelSight Max is the highest resolution portable surface characterization tool on the market, enabling repeatable measurements of roughness values down to an Ra of 0.2µm and surface features of 1.0µm. Additionally, GelSight Max’s enhanced 2D and 3D imaging and measurement analysis provide traceable accuracy to 0.3µm / 0.01 thou. This level of accuracy promises breakthrough improvements for mobile inspection processes in aerospace, automotive, energy, forensics, additive manufacturing, films and coatings, and more.

“Surface roughness analysis is a crucial, yet complex part of many R&D and production quality control inspection processes. GelSight Max is simplifying surface roughness analysis by allowing users to perform measurements in-situ, on any type of surface, with a level of repeatability and speed that other handheld devices on the market cannot provide,” said Dennis Lang, Chief Business Officer at GelSight. “Our customers tell us GelSight systems are intuitive for a new user to set up and begin capturing high-quality 3D surface data with the press of a button, in as little as five minutes.” 

“GelSight Max is revolutionizing the way that metrologists and inspectors observe, analyze, and document surface characteristics. Now, users can get highly precise profile or surface roughness measurements in an easily repeatable way, which eliminates the need to rely on lab equipment or difficult-to-use, non-repeatable portable profilometers, ” said Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO at GelSight. “Gelsight Max also offers all of the other surface inspection applications our customers have already become accustomed to from GelSight, including measurement of scratches and defects, hole diameter, and radius of curvature, as well as shot peen, pit detection, and corrosion analysis.”

GelSight Max is now available, request more information by contacting info@gelsight.com. To learn more about GelSight Max, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/products/#max.

About GelSight  

GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/. 


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GelSight Brings AI to Physical Touch with GelSight Mobile™ 3.2 Software Update

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New features revolutionize metrology and inspection processes with non-dimensional AI inspection

WALTHAM, Mass.– March 2, 2023 – GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced the release of its GelSight Mobile™ 3.2 software package, bringing significant new capabilities to GelSight Mobile systems. GelSight Mobile 3.2 digitizes tactile sensing for many new applications with an innovative set of new features that bring outdated, manual processes into the digital age.

GelSight Mobile 3.2 takes the capabilities of the portable GelSight Mobile systems beyond quantitative metrology by enabling non-dimensional inspection and measurement with a first-of-its-kind tactile artificial intelligence toolbox. This new software also features Operator Mode, which streamlines the user interface and allows for the customization of analysis features. Additionally, for line workers who need to continually improve productivity, GelSight has made substantial structural improvements to the core analysis algorithm, reducing analysis compute time by 2-10x in batch mode analysis routines compared to GelSight Mobile 3.0. Furthermore, GelSight Mobile 3.2 adds surface roughness analysis, a feature that is a game changer in the world of portable surface metrology and texture understanding.

Billions of manual tactile interactions occur every day. With this software release, GelSight is enabling the digitization of many of these previously manual, qualitative measurements performed with the inspector’s eye or fingernail. Millions of Industry 1.0 inspections have resisted quantification, but now with GelSight Mobile 3.2, these inspections are advancing to Industry 4.0, with major benefits to production quality and velocity. For the first time, using artificial intelligence, engineers can train the Gelsight Mobile system to replicate assessments that previously required touching and feeling a surface, enabling them to digitally quantify these assessments in a repeatable, user agnostic process. For example, GelSight Mobile 3.2 users can now digitally characterize the texture of polished metals on consumer products or dashboards in a car, thanks to this new software release pairing tactile sensing and AI for the first time.

“About 3 million inspectors work on production and maintenance lines performing manual touch inspections every day to make critical decisions about whether a plane is fit to fly, or an automotive part meets quality standards to keep drivers safe,” said Dennis Lang, Chief Business Officer at GelSight. “Together with the new AI platform, GelSight Mobile’s superhuman touch sensor with micron-level resolution is helping to automate and standardize these processes, mitigating human error in these crucial situations.”

Key features of the GelSight 3.2 software update include:

  • AI Toolbox for Non-Dimensional Measurement – Users of GelSight Mobile 3.2’s AI Toolbox can create their own AI models to apply touch sensing to many tasks which previously had no simple path to digitization. The AI Toolbox supports three types of tasks: classification, detection, and segmentation. Each type of task has various applications, such as quality grading of the materials of an automotive interior, which is a classification problem, corrosion detection, which is a detection problem, and scratch recognition, which can be treated as a segmentation problem.
  • Operator Mode – Allows any user to access GelSight Mobile’s capabilities with a streamlined user interface that gives customers the ability to customize routines and select pass/fail criteria. Operator Mode is password protected and simplifies repeated measurement in a clean and structured way with preset configurations.
  • Surface Roughness Analysis – GelSight Mobile systems natively capture area data within milliseconds. Adding surface roughness, an area measurement, is a natural extension of the GelSight solution portfolio. With GelSight Mobile 3.2, surface roughness analysis is now available in addition to the previously released profile roughness capabilities. With the click of a button, customers can now perform repeated digital Sa and Ra measurements, revolutionizing the way roughness measurements are currently done.

“In everyday life, humans rely on their sense of touch when their vision fails or is not enough to gather the information that they need from any given situation,” said Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO at GelSight. “GelSight Mobile 3.2 is digitizing the fingertip – what people can feel – to streamline traditionally manual processes for metrologists and inspectors, and provide them with data-driven insights that allow them to make more informed decisions.”

GelSight Mobile 3.2 is now available, request more information by contacting info@gelsight.com. To learn more about GelSight Mobile, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/solutions/surface-metrology-mobile/.

About GelSight 

GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/.

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Introducing the GelSight Mini: A Human Resolution Tactile Sensor for Engineers and Scientists

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GelSight Mini enables an enhanced AI-enabled tactile experience for users in just five minutes out of the box

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced the release of its new AI-powered 3D tactile sensor, GelSight Mini. For the first time, GelSight Mini offers superhuman touch resolution to the commercial market, with a compact form factor comfortable for human hands and robust enough for use by robots and cobots. GelSight Mini also provides the fastest artificial intelligence tactile experience on the market, taking just five minutes to deliver sharable results out of the box.

GelSight Mini is the only human-scale resolution tactile sensor with digital 2D and 3D mapping available to roboticists and broadens sensor capabilities compared to other similar products on the market. The sensor exceeds the spatial resolution of human touch, quickly providing researchers with optimized images of material surfaces that are useful across a broad set of industries.

Roboticists performing industrial-style 2-finger gripper and bionic hand research and development now have access to industry-first capabilities with GelSight Mini. Robot Operating System (ROS) compatibility, frame grabbers, and Python scripts are provided to allow users to quickly begin unique AI and computer vision tasks, including the direct creation of digital twins of items to be picked using the sensor. The compact and robust design of Gelsight Mini also allows easy integration into existing robotics systems, along with GelSight provided 3D CAD files of adapters for integration with commonly used robot systems. Additionally, since research and development environments favor fast failure and iteration, the GelSight Mini is designed to allow fast, toolless gel changes, while maintaining positive locking for retention of the gel in the case.

“GelSight Mini is a first-of-its-kind, affordable, and compact tactile sensor with an easy, plug-and-play set up that lets users get to work within five minutes of taking the device out of the box,” said Dennis Lang, vice president of product at GelSight. “We believe that GelSight Mini will reduce the barrier of entry into robotics and touch-based scanning for corporate research and development, academics, and hobbyists, while opening doors to new terrain, such as the Metaverse.”

GelSight’s tactile intelligence technology digitizes touch with human-like sensitivity and high-resolution. Data captured by GelSight’s elastomeric tactile sensing platform leverages ROS, PyTouch, and Python allowing users to create detailed, accurate surface characterizations directly compatible with familiar industry standard software environments. Together with this technology, the GelSight Mini improves processes across robotics, industrial prototyping, AI and touch research, and more, enabling more rapid, well-documented surface measurement and imaging in high-resolution.

The GelSight Mini is now available to purchase for $499 at https://www.gelsight.com/online-store/ and from DigiKey here. To learn more about product demos or purchasing the GelSight Mini, please email mini@gelsight.com or visit http://www.gelsight.com/gelsightmini.

About GelSight

GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/.

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GelSight Streamlines Inspection Workflows and Expands Analysis Capabilities in GelSight Mobile™ 2.4 Software Release

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GelSight Mobile™ 2.4 enables new applications such as shot peening and corrosion inspection, while improving overall system performance

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced the release of GelSight Mobile™ 2.4. This software update for GelSight’s handheld mobile devices provides new features such as shot peen measurement and enhanced pit detection, and expands applications of GelSight Mobile in quality inspection, production line metrology, and maintenance and repair operations (MRO) workflows.

With GelSight Mobile™ 2.4, users have access to new surface analysis capabilities and improved functionality that will streamline inspection workflows. Key features in GelSight Mobile 2.4 include:

  • Shot Peen Measurement: Evaluate the depth and coverage of shot peening to determine whether parts have been sufficiently treated to achieve the desired level of strength.
  • Enhanced Pit Detection: Based on input from customers using pit detection for corrosion inspection, users can now set minimum and maximum pit depths and diameters enhancing the capabilities of GelSight’s pit detection algorithm.
  • Snap to Lines and Features: When analyzing images, easily select features of interest, simplifying set up and making analysis faster.
  • Offset Tool with Beta Artificial Intelligence: The new AI module learns from the users’ behavior and observes repetitive workflows to suggest automated settings that can help improve productivity.

To request the 2.4 software update, existing GelSight Mobile users should complete this form or contact GelSight here. All shipments of GelSight Mobile Series 2 after June 1, 2022 will have the new update and include autofocus to assure measurement consistency during use. Additionally, all purchases of a GelSight Mobile Series 2 and tablet bundle will be factory calibrated with optimized shutter speed, creating an enhanced out-of-box experience ready for immediate use.

“After launching GelSight Mobile Series 2 late last year, we’ve continued to improve the capabilities of our system through software enhancements as we work with customers to identify new use cases for our tactile sensing technology,” said Dennis Lang, vice president of product at GelSight. “The new features in GelSight Mobile 2.4 will allow us to further penetrate industries such as aerospace and automotive, and to expand into new sectors such as military, power generation, oil and gas, and precision manufacturing, where shot peen process control and detection of pit defects are critical processes.”

GelSight’s technology enables digital tactile sensing with the sensitivity and resolution of human touch. Data captured by GelSight’s elastomeric tactile sensing platform leverages proprietary software and algorithms to provide detailed, accurate surface characterization that can generate significant gains in productivity both on the production floor and in the field while also reducing the costs associated with manual or tool-based visual inspection. The handheld GelSight Mobile device can be deployed on production and assembly lines to enable rapid and well-documented quality assurance decisions. Dimensions of scratches, dents, hits, gaps, offset, texture, hole diameter, fastener flushness and more can be measured in high-resolution, on any surface, under any lighting conditions, in seconds.

GelSight will be providing product demos, including the new GelSight Mobile 2.4 software package, at the Space Tech Expo on May 24-25, 2022 in Long Beach, California. To schedule a meeting and demo, please reach out to sales@gelsight.com.

To learn more about demo evaluations or purchasing the GelSight Mobile, please email info@gelsight.com or visit https://www.gelsight.com/.

About GelSight 
GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/.

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Kalyn Kolek for GelSight 
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GelSight Expands Global Reach in Target Markets Through New Distribution Partnerships

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GelSight will grow its presence in ten countries across Europe and Asia through four new distribution agreements

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced that it has signed agreements with four new distribution partners to extend its reach and increase brand awareness in new geographies across Europe and Asia. The new distribution partners include Everest Polska, RMI s.r.o, Altair Consulting SA, and E2-Holdings Pte. Ltd.

  • Everest Polska – Everest Polska has been responsible for the distribution and service of visual research equipment in Poland and the Baltic States for over 15 years. The company will manage GelSight distribution across Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary.
  • RMI s.r.o – RMI supplies scientific, analytical, and testing instruments, including equipment for 2D/3D imaging (optical, X-Ray, physical properties). The company will manage GelSight distribution across Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary.
  • Altair Consulting SA – Altair Consulting is at the heart of precision mechanics and the demand for surface quality in the world of 3D printing. The company will manage distribution for GelSight in Switzerland and France.
  • E-2 Holdings Pte. Ltd. – E-2 is the appointed online retailer for 2DM high performance graphene and authorized reseller for various high tech measurement instrument brands. The company will manage distribution for GelSight in Singapore.

“We have been following GelSight’s technology since 2019, and once the company launched its second-generation instrument, the GelSight Mobile Series 2 last year, we were excited to sign on as a distributor in Europe,” said Tomas Cernohorsky, CEO of RMI, s.r.o. “We believe that this technology is opening new opportunities for us and our customers within industry, forensic, and research laboratories. GelSight perfectly fills the gap in the portfolio of instruments we offer to the market in Czech, Slovak, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia.”

The handheld GelSight Mobile device can provide detailed, accurate surface characterization that can generate significant gains in productivity both on the production floor and in the field. The company’s tactile sensing technology has proven to enable rapid and well documented quality assurance decisions across automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, additive manufacturing, and precision manufacturing. These new distribution partners will help increase GelSight’s footprint and access in countries that play a significant role in the worldwide supply chain for these target industries.

“We are excited to work closely with our new partners to bring the power of tactile sensing and intelligence to new customers and increase our brand recognition in key geographies,” said Thierry Mantel, Chief Business Officer, GelSight. “These partnerships also help generate new market opportunities such as precision machining and give us access to an extended part of the value chain within our core industries.”

To learn more about GelSight, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/.

About GelSight 
GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://www.gelsight.com/.

Contacts

Media 
Kalyn Kolek for GelSight 
kos@anzupartners.com