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GelSight
United States
Founded in 2011 by vision scientist Edward Adelson; won a Phase II US Air Force SBIR contract in March 2026 (about $2.5 million) to miniaturize its tactile sensor for defense-grade robotic grasping.
CountryUS
CategoryTactile sensing
Stageseries B
Founded2,011
What they doMIT spin-off making GelSight tactile fingertip sensors that give robotic grippers and humanoid hands human-level sense of touch.
Sources : PR Newswire (2020-01-24)GelSight (2026-03-10)GelSight (2026-07-09)
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