Hello Robot Inc.
US robotics company founded 2017 by MIT/Georgia Tech alumni, making the Stretch mobile manipulation robot for assistive living and academic research.
Hello Robot Inc., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Martinez, California, designs and manufactures the Stretch series of lightweight mobile manipulators intended for assistive living and robotics research. The company was co-founded by Dr. Aaron Edsinger (CEO, formerly Director of Robotics at Google) and Dr. Charlie Kemp (CTO, formerly tenured professor at Georgia Tech), who previously collaborated at MIT under Rodney Brooks. The flagship product, Stretch, features a telescoping arm, omnidirectional mobile base, and 3D LiDAR perception, with the latest Stretch 4 offering a payload of 2.5 kg when the arm is extended and 4 kg when retracted, arm reach of 55 cm plus 6 cm wrist extension.
The platform runs on ROS and is designed for ease of use by researchers and developers. All robots are manufactured in-house at the Martinez facility. Hello Robot also maintains an office in Atlanta, GA.
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2017
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