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Hello Robot is building a future where robots enhance life for everyone. Our flagship product, Stretch, is a fully integrated mobile cobot remarkable for its unique combination of capability, portability, and affordability. Under 25kg with a sleek and compact design, Stretch navigates cluttered real-world environments with ease, and can interact with people more safely. Designed to be accessible for all kinds of research, it features entirely open-source software with both Python and ROS interfaces, extensible and customizable hardware, and pre-built demos of autonomous function. Launched in 2020, Stretch has already found a home in research labs at MIT, CMU, and many other academic institutions and industry research groups. Learn more and request a video demo at www.hello-robot.com.
Overview
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2017
Mentions in press and media 4
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| Jun 1, 2026 | A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MATT O’BRIEN, AP Technology Writer DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Apple’s electric car loss could be home robotics’ gain | For every tech success story, there are countless projects that slam headlong into the brick wall of reality. Apple’s electric vehicle ambitions are one of the most recent — and, frankly, best — examples of a project failing in spite of see... |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Hello Robot emerges out of stealth to launch a mobile robotic gripping platform for the home | This is Stretch — or, more precisely, the Stretch Research Edition. The name certainly conveys the tall, skinny and minimalist design of the home helper robot. Stretch is different and somehow familiar, with a straightforward technical desi... |
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FAQ about Hello Robot Inc
When was Hello Robot Inc founded?
Hello Robot Inc was founded in 2017.
What has the press written about Hello Robot Inc?
Parsers VC has collected 4 articles mentioning Hello Robot Inc, among them “A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?” (Jun 1, 2026) and “Apple’s electric car loss could be home robotics’ gain” (Apr 3, 2024).
Is Hello Robot Inc still active?
Yes, Hello Robot Inc is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 29, 2026.