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Mobile Device for Surface Characterization

Gelsight introduced the new version of its GelSight Mobile probe, the Series 2. The mobile device offers a sleek form-factor that is one-third lighter and less than half the volume of its predecessor, allowing it to scan surfaces in tighter spaces, while maintaining accuracy, speed, and field of view. The technology enables digital tactile sensing […]

GelSight Mobile Series 2 Offers Compact and Ergonomic Tactile Measurement

GelSight has introduced the latest version of its GelSight Mobile probe, the Series 2. This new generation of GelSight’s mobile device offers a sleek form-factor that is one-third lighter and less than half the volume of its predecessor, allowing it to scan surfaces in tighter spaces, while maintaining accuracy, speed, and field of view. GelSight’s […]

Robotic Finger Digs, Finds, Identifies Small Buried Objects

With the help of AI and a neural network, this wiggling robotic finger digs into substances such as sand to locate and identify buried objects. Robotic hands, fingers, grippers, and their various sensors are usually deployed to function in “free space” for many obvious reasons. But in the real world, it’s often necessary to poke and […]

[PODCAST] Tech of Sports: Felix Breitschädel, PhD, Norwegian Olympic Sports Center

On the ‘Tech of Sports’ podcast, Rick talks with Felix Breitschädel, PhD, Norwegian Olympic Sports Centre about how the Norwegian Ski Team is utilizing unique tech to give their skiers an edge on the slopes by arming them with detailed data, thanks to GelSight – whose handheld 3D measurement device the Norwegian ski team is […]

How Computers with Humanlike Sense Will Changes Our Lives

The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money, cities and more. This month is Artificial Intelligence, online starting July 2 and in the paper on July 9. Even the smartest computers cannot fully understand the world without the ability to see, hear, smell, taste or touch. […]

Enabling 3D Measurement for Shot-Peened Surface Characterization

GelSight’s Chief Product Officer and co-founder, Dr. Kimo Johnson, spoke with the team at Shot Peener Magazine about how our technology can help provide more accurate assessments of shot peening coverage, rate and other process parameters. Click here to learn more in the full feature on page 36 of their Summer 2021 issue.

GelSight Welcomes New CEO to Drive Market Adoption of Tactile Imaging and Sensing Technology

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GelSight, a pioneer in industrial tactile imaging and sensing technology, today announced that experienced imaging technology executive Youssef Benmokhtar has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Benmokhtar joins GelSight from enterprise augmented reality leader Magic Leap, where he spearheaded the company’s business development activities and formed major strategic partnerships with technology, […]

Slender robotic finger senses buried items

Over the years, robots have gotten quite good at identifying objects — as long as they’re out in the open. Discerning buried items in granular material like sand is a taller order. To do that, a robot would need fingers that were slender enough to penetrate the sand, mobile enough to wriggle free when sand grains jam, […]