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  "summary": "GelSight Mini is a compact vision-based tactile sensor: a camera images the deformation of an elastomer gel pad to produce a roughly 320 x 240 tactile image at about 25-30 Hz, which can be turned into 2D and 3D surface geometry. It is sized for parallel-jaw grippers and humanoid fingertips, is recognised by a PC like a webcam, and ships with Python tools and ROS support, making it the usual entry point for tactile-sensing research.",
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    "product": "https://www.gelsight.com/"
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  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Robotics Center buyer guide: best tactile sensors for robot learning (2026)",
      "url": "https://www.roboticscenter.ai/guides/best-tactile-sensors-robot-learning/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
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        "other"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "The Robot Report: MIT spinoff creates affordable mini tactile sensor",
      "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-company-2023/mit-spinoff-creates-affordable-mini-tactile-sensor/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
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      "title": "craft.co GelSight profile",
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  "notes": "Quotation only at Robotics Center (guide) (https://www.roboticscenter.ai/guides/best-tactile-sensors-robot-learning/). Unverified (free text): sensing-area; official-spec-page. No exact price found on a fetched page. Width 32 mm, thickness 28 mm (Robot Report). \"Recognised like a webcam\" implies USB, but the page does not name the interface, so it is left out. release_year 2022 inferred from search-result titles of the September 2022 launch press release (\"Introducing the GelSight Mini\", Business Wire 2022-09-21) — the release itself was not fetched, so treat as provisional. gelsight.com was not in search results and was not fetched.",
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