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Gecko inspection robots (TOKA)

Name: Gecko inspection robots (TOKA)
Brand: Gecko Robotics

Gecko Robotics, from Pittsburgh, makes robots that climb the walls of boilers, pipes and ships to check them for damage. It also uses drones and other sensors to collect the data. The Robot Report, 3 Mar 2022

Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Independently reported
Human help: Not disclosed
Last milestone: 20 Oct 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Used by the US Navy on warships, by power plants, and by oil and gas companies such as Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. CNBC (via NBC Connecticut), 12 June 2025
Published price: No published price in our sources.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

20 Oct 2026
Paying customers · sets the stage
Gecko Robotics said the US Navy and General Services Administration added $300 million to its ship-inspection contract, quadrupling the contract's maximum value six months after the initial $71 million award.
The Robot Report, 20 Oct 2026Company-reported
19 March 2026
Paying customers · sets the stage
The US Navy and the General Services Administration gave Gecko a contract worth up to $71 million to inspect 18 Pacific Fleet warships over five years.
Stars and Stripes, 19 Mar 2026
19 March 2026
Update
Under the Navy deal, Gecko's wall-climbing robots, drones and sensors scan warships for structural problems.
Stars and Stripes, 19 Mar 2026
12 June 2025
Funding
Gecko raised $125 million at a $1.25 billion valuation. CNBC named the US Navy, L3Harris and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as places its robots work.
CNBC (via NBC Connecticut), 12 June 2025
3 March 2022
Funding
Gecko raised $73 million. Its TOKA 3 robot is used on medium-sized pipes and hot surfaces, and the TOKA 4 on boiler walls and curved surfaces.
The Robot Report, 3 Mar 2022Company-reported

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

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Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
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Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Gecko Robotics said the US Navy and General Services Administration added $300 million to its ship-inspection contract, quadrupling the contract's maximum value six months after the initial $71 million award (20 Oct 2026); The US Navy and the General Services Administration gave Gecko a contract worth up to $71 million to inspect 18 Pacific Fleet warships over five years (19 March 2026).
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Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
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Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. No public price or robot count found. Founded in 2013 by Jake Loosararian, per The Robot Report (not separately quoted).

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Gecko inspection robots (TOKA) (Gecko Robotics): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/gecko-robotics. Checked 19 October 2026.