GelSight — GelSight Mobile

GelSight, an MIT spinout based in Massachusetts, manufactures high-resolution tactile/3D surface imaging sensors, including the handheld GelSight Mobile scanner, used by aerospace MRO and OEM shops to inspect turbine blade wear, nicks and surface defects. The technology replaces slow manual replica-and-measure inspection methods with fast, repeatable digital 3D surface data, supporting go/no-go repair decisions on engine components.

GelSight, an MIT spinout headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, builds high resolution tactile and 3D surface measurement systems, including the handheld GelSight Mobile and the Modulus, Modulus HR and Max units. Aerospace OEM and MRO users apply them to measure scratches, dents, corrosion, pitting, weld quality, fastener flushness, hole dimensions and turbine blade surface roughness, replacing manual replica and measure methods with repeatable digital 3D data for go/no go repair decisions. Published aerospace and defense users include Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Airbus, Lufthansa Technik, MTU, Kalitta Air, Lockheed Martin, Blue Origin, NASA and U.S. military services, and Safran Helicopter Engines provides a customer testimonial. GelSight states that 7 of the top 10 aerospace OEMs use its systems today. The products perform inspection and metrology, not failure prediction.