Stretch could be the first domestic consumer robot - Geeko

Aaron Edsinger was director of robotics at Google. He founded the start-up Hello Robot which released its first device: Stretch. This robot is a bit like a research platform, which will help build the home automation of tomorrow according to its creator.

"Our long-term mission is to see these types of robots in homes and workplaces useful and useful to people," said Aaron Edsinger. The features of Stretch are simple but very effective. And production costs are low. It is presented as the "foundations" of home robotics of tomorrow.

A cheap robot

Stretch is mounted on casters. It is thin and agile enough to move in small spaces like corridors. It is equipped with a 340-degree sensor to navigate and an “inexpensive” Intel RealSense camera.

At the end of the arm, there is no "hand" that could be damaged during use, but a kind of pliers. The member can carry objects up to 1.5 kg. This robot will not help you if you move. However, it is able to move objects on flat surfaces such as tables, shelves or worktops.

The first stage of research

"As we got started, it became clear that a certain level of autonomy was required," says Aaron Edsinger. The robot can therefore perform simple tasks if instructed, but cannot perform more complex tasks such as cleaning flat surfaces.

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