Robotics
Superhuman Touch, From the Factory Floor to the Humanoid Frontier
GelSight’s tactile sensing technology gives robots, cobots, and humanoids the precise sense of touch they need to handle complex tasks with confidence by detecting surface texture, geometry, providing force feedback, and contact pose in real time, across any material, with the AI-ready structured data that next-generation robotic systems demand.
Using our elastomeric technology, we’re developing high-resolution tactile sensors to enable complex object manipulation and dexterous task performance.
Key features
- Identify anomalies, defects, and damage/deterioration
- Improve products + processes
- Pass inspections
- Avoid errors + accidents
- Execute pressure-sensitive actions
- Manipulate small + delicate components
- Streamline formerly tedious/ tiring tasks
- Improve accuracy + precision
High-Precision Tactile Sensing
GelSight’s tactile sensing technology can measure very small features and objects with impressive precision.
The technology typically achieves:
Spatial Resolution
Sub-millimeter precision
Can detect features as small as a few micrometers (μm)
Surface texture resolution
Down to approximately 1-10 micrometers
Height/depth measurement
Can measure surface variations as small as 1-2 micrometers
Key Capabilities
Microscopic surface features
Can detect tiny scratches, bumps, textures, and irregularities
Small Objects
Can measure objects ranging from a few millimeters down to sub-millimeter scale
Surface Roughness
Can quantify surface finish and texture at the microscopic level
Why Industrial Teams Adopt GelSight
Quality control for small manufactured parts
Detecting microscopic defects on surfaces
Measuring tiny electronic components
Analyzing biological specimens and tissue samples
Evaluating surface treatments and coatings
The exact resolution depends on the specific GelSight sensor model and configuration, but the technology is particularly valued for its ability to capture high-resolution tactile information that would be difficult to measure with traditional contact methods or even some optical techniques.
This makes GelSight technology particularly useful in precision manufacturing, biomedical applications, and research where understanding microscopic surface properties is crucial.
Discover What Traditional Sensors Miss
Explore how GelSight’s high-resolution tactile sensing can enhance precision inspection, surface analysis, and micro-scale measurement across advanced manufacturing, biomedical, and research applications.