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GelSight gives machines a sense of touch from Waltham, Massachusetts: its high-resolution tactile sensors — mobile units and robot-mounted sensors working with an AI and software framework — detect surface texture, measure geometry and respond to contact, and the company reports cumulative funding of US$16.2M across six rounds per Tracxn, including a US$10M Series B in 2020. Buyers of that sensing layer often need the mechanical parts around it. Gigager, the Dongguan brand founded in 2013, supplies the rotary hardware beneath the sensor: hollow rotary platforms, harmonic and planetary reducers and DD motors for LCD, photovoltaic, lithium battery, semiconductor, medical and 3C automation. Gressel holds the workpiece instead, making clamping systems and vises in Aadorf, Switzerland for CNC machining and automated machine tending. GRIP GmbH, founded in Dortmund in 1989, manages the tool interface itself with automatic and manual robot tool-change systems and pneumatic grippers. Groschopp rounds out the drive side from Sioux Center, Iowa, where it designs, builds and assembles fractional-horsepower motors and gearmotors in a single plant and states a workforce of about 200. Pick GelSight when touch and surface measurement are the requirement; pair it with Gigager for rotary transmission, Gressel for workholding, GRIP for tool changing, and Groschopp for compact motor power.

Alternatives to GelSight

Gigager (Guangdong Jijia Precision)

Gigager, the brand of Guangdong Jijia Precision Technology Co., Ltd., also known as GIGA Precision / Saini Intelligent, is a Chinese precision transmission company in Dongguan, Guangdong, whose own brand was founded in 2013 according to its official company profile.