Gecko Robotics

What it does

Gecko Robotics builds wall-climbing robots that carry inspection sensors across the surfaces of industrial assets, and sells Cantilever, a software platform that stores and analyzes the resulting data ^{[3] [4]}. Gecko says its robots take millions of ultrasonic readings on boiler tubes and other hard-to-reach areas, and that its software then flags corrosion, cracking and other damage ^[5]. Cantilever combines robot data with other sources and models repair and budget scenarios ^[4]. Gecko's defense page lists ship decking, hulls and confined spaces among its applications ^[6].

The safety case is reduced human exposure. Gecko's founding story describes a worker who died after a fall while looking for defects in a power plant boiler, and presents robotic inspection as the alternative ^[1]. Manual thickness surveys of boilers, tanks and hulls often need scaffolding, rope access or confined space entry. In a 2024 announcement, Gecko said that removing scaffolding at ADNOC Gas sites was projected to cut lost time injury rates by 33 percent; this is a projection, not a measured result ^[9]. We found no hazardous area rating (such as ATEX, IECEx or Class I Division 2) for the robots on Gecko's pages, and no statement that robot data meets a specific inspection code such as API 653.

Who it is for

Gecko lists defense, oil and gas, power, pulp and paper, steel and mining as its markets, and shows logos including ADNOC, Marathon, HF Sinclair, Siemens, Georgia-Pacific, Mitsubishi, the US Navy and the US Air Force ^[2]. Typical buyers own boilers, storage tanks, pressure vessels or ship hulls and need inspection data for maintenance planning.

How it is deployed

Robots are brought to site for inspection campaigns, such as outages or ship maintenance periods, and data goes to Cantilever ^{[4] [11]}. Gecko's trust center names Google Cloud Platform, US multi-zone, as the hosting provider for Cantilever ^[7]. We found no documented on-premises or offline option for Cantilever, and no public pricing.

The trust center lists ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, CMMC 2.0 and "FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency Rev. 5", with reports available under NDA ^[7]. It dates the CMMC Level 2 certification to April 2026 ^[7]. These are vendor claims, and an equivalency statement is not a FedRAMP authorization. Gecko's website privacy policy excludes data it processes for business customers, and we found no published data processing agreement ^[8].

Notable public customers and coverage

Gecko Robotics, Inc. is headquartered in Pittsburgh. Cofounders Jake Loosararian and Troy Demmer started the company in 2013, and it joined Y Combinator in 2016 ^[1]. Tech Startups reported a $125 million Series D at a $1.25 billion valuation in June 2025 and repeated Gecko's claim that robot inspections run 10 times faster than manual ones ^[17].

US government work appears in public records. USAspending lists an Air Force SBIR Phase II contract of about $1.49 million (2022 to 2024) for robotic inspection of Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center assets ^[15], and a GSA indefinite delivery contract opened in January 2026, described as SBIR Phase III, with about $54.2 million in combined potential value under its first order ^[14]. In March 2026 Gecko announced a Navy and GSA contract with a $71 million ceiling, starting with 18 Pacific Fleet ships ^[12], which Stars and Stripes also reported ^[13]. Technical.ly reported Navy approval of Gecko's inspection process in 2023 ^[16]. A 2023 Gecko release cites Navy data showing rudder inspection time falling from 11 days to 1 day on one asset ^[11].

Gecko reports ADNOC Gas pilot results of 99.6 percent more asset coverage and over 93 percent higher efficiency than manual methods ^[9]. ADNOC Gas, which first used the robots in 2023, projects over $300 million in savings over five years from a 2025 agreement ^[10]. Gecko's industrial case studies, such as one on mining tanks, are anonymous ^[18]. We found no independent study of inspection accuracy or of injury outcomes.

Things to ask in an evaluation

• Which robots are rated for hazardous (classified) areas, and to which standard?
• Will your authorized inspector accept robot thickness data under API 510, API 570, API 653 or your boiler code, and who signs the report?
• What procedure approvals, technician certifications and probability of detection data support the ultrasonic method?
• Which tasks, such as robot launch or surface preparation, still need people at height or in confined spaces?
• Can you review the SOC 2 Type II report and the ISO 27001 and CMMC certificates, and is Cantilever listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace?

Our take

Strengths

• Targets a concrete hazard: scaffolding, rope access and confined space entry for thickness surveys of large steel assets ^{[1] [9]}.
• Federal contracts appear in procurement records and press coverage ^{[13] [14] [15]}.
• A public trust center lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and CMMC Level 2 claims and names the hosting provider ^[7].

Watch-outs

• No published accuracy or probability of detection data; speed and outcome figures are vendor or customer claims ^{[11] [17]}.
• No hazardous area rating or inspection code acceptance found on public pages ^{[3] [6]}.
• Anonymous industrial case studies; no public pricing, integration list or data processing agreement ^{[18] [8]}.

Best fit: Owners of boilers, tanks and hulls who want less scaffolding and confined space entry and can validate robot data with their own inspectors.