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Stretch design paper details a compact mobile manipulator for indoor environments

Sep 22, 2021 · Research Publication · Hello Robot · Service

  • The paper presents the Stretch mobile-manipulator design, combining a differential-drive base, vertical lift, telescoping arm, wrist options, and compliant gripper.
  • The authors justify the design with anthropometry, static-stability analysis, and empirical trials in real homes.
  • It anchors Stretch Research Edition as a purpose-built platform for mobile manipulation in human environments.

Hello Robot builds Stretch, a lightweight open-source mobile manipulator designed for researchers, developers, application engineers and assistive robotics use. The company focuses on practical human-centered mobile manipulation rather than humanoid form factors, with hardware designed for homes, labs and workplaces.

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Martinez, California · United States