{"id":577891,"date":"2024-02-15T11:14:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=577891"},"modified":"2024-02-15T11:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:14:28","slug":"stretch-3-mobile-manipulator-hello-robot-designed-open-source-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/stretch-3-mobile-manipulator-hello-robot-designed-open-source-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretch 3 from Hello Robot designed for open-source mobile manipulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing HelloRobot Stretch3\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fXGm79oZNj0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hello Robot today launched the third edition of its Stretch mobile manipulator robot. The company described Stretch 3 as a refinement over the previous edition, which was popular as a research platform. Hello Robot said it has improved the manufacturability and the usability of the robot.<\/p>\n<p>New features in Stretch 3 include a rotating 3D camera at the top of the mast, designed for perception functions and observing the environment around the robot. Another key feature is a more robust DexWrist 3 gripper, which now includes a built-in 3D camera to enable vision servoing of the gripper fingers.<\/p>\n<p>The wrist is equipped with a quick-change feature that enables the gripper to be quickly swapped out for specialized end effectors or even an iPad (as seen in the video above).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11410\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11410\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11410\" src=\"https:\/\/mobilerobotguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hello-robot-stretch3-top.jpg\" alt=\"view of the mobile manipulator and wrist of the Hello Robot.\" width=\"770\" height=\"500\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-11410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stretch 3 includes several updates, including a quick-change wrist, a wrist-mounted camera, and strengthened materials. | Credit: Hello Robot<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Hello Robot serves growing open-source community<\/h2>\n<p>Stretch 3 empowers a growing community of developers to create a future in which friendly robots fold laundry, feed pets, support older adults, and enhance life in new ways, according to Hello Robot. If there is a &#8220;secret sauce&#8221; to the go-to market plan for Stretch, it has to be the vibrant research community that has grown to support the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Stretch 3, we are taking a real step towards a future with home robots,\u201d said Dr. Aaron Edsinger, co-founder and CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/hello-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a>. \u201cWe designed Stretch 3 to help our community leverage recent advances in AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Kemp, co-founder and chief technology officer of Hello Robot, was a professor at Georgia Tech University and brought the research credibility and connections that fueled the initial development of Stretch. His robotics laboratory at Georgia Tech deployed the first few versions of the robot and put it through its paces as a research platform.<\/p>\n<h2>Stretch 3 specs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Payload: 2 kg (4.4 lb.)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Weight: 24.5 kg (54 lbs.)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Size: 33 x 34 x 141 cm (13 x 13.4 x 55.5 in.)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Runtime: Two to five hours<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Software development kit: ROS 2 and Python<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11409\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11409\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11409\" src=\"https:\/\/mobilerobotguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hello-robot-stretch3-mast.jpg\" alt=\"top of mast view, including a new rotating 3D camera.\" width=\"770\" height=\"500\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-11409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stretch 3 includes a rotating 3D camera at the top of its mast, enabling perception of the surrounding area and AI-based motion. | Credit: Hello Robot<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;App store&#8217; approach could extend mobile manipulation<\/h2>\n<p>These robots will need applications for versatile uses. Hello Robot\u2019s open platform has attracted innovators from across the world, including Fortune 500 companies, top-tier research labs, and universities in over 14 countries. Members of its developer community regularly release open code, data, models, publications, and educational materials, accelerating progress toward a future with household robots.<\/p>\n<p>Edsinger told <i>The Robot Report<\/i>&nbsp;that he envisions an online &#8220;app store&#8221; for Stretch where the community can share new skills that users can download and install onto the robot. Each user could then customizing the robot with the desired capabilities for their unique needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to advances in AI, robots like Stretch are developing faster than expected,\u201d said Edsinger. \u201cA robot autonomously doing laundry was once considered a long-term \u2018grand challenge\u2019 but is now within reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Stretch 3 could help with household chores<\/h2>\n<p>During a recent visit to Hello Robot headquarters in Martinez, Calif., I had the opportunity to observe V Nguyen, an occupational therapist at Hello Robot, as she demonstrated the Stretch 3 to a end user with disabilities. I asked the individual about how he might envision using the robot.<\/p>\n<p>The most important goal of this end user is to regain some agency and independence with some of the most basic in-home tasks. They include retrieving a pair of pants from the floor or even helping to dress in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>The user cited other tasks like opening and closing a deadbolt on the front door, or removing a hot dish from the microwave. Stretch offers the potential of improving the daily lives of numerous people while enabling them to maintain their independence.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/hello-robot-earns-2-5m-grant-from-national-institute-of-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello Robot earned a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health<\/a> to help commercialize its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/mobile-manipulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mobile manipulator<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n<p>Stretch 3 is priced at $24,950 and is available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/hello-robot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello Robot\u2019s website<\/a> for researchers, educators, developers, and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11411\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11411\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11411\" src=\"https:\/\/mobilerobotguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hello-robot-stretch3-featured.jpg\" alt=\"hello robot stretch3.\" width=\"770\" height=\"500\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-11411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stretch 3 is portable, lightweight, and designed from the ground up to work around people. | Credit: Hello Robot<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stretch 3 is a portable and lightweight platform for robotics developers and could lead to household applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":577892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rbr50_analysis":"","rbr50_state":"","rbr50_country":"","rbr50_description":"","rbr50_numemps":"","rbr50_text_taxonomy_radio":null,"rbr50_text_taxonomy_select":null,"rbr50_url":"","rbr50_yearfounded":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2013,1770,2011,2010,1401,2007],"tags":[3173,2803,3473],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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