Hello Robot Founder Prioritizes Real World Interaction Over Lab Autonomy

By IEEE Spectrum · IEEE Spectrum · 2026-09-28

IEEE Spectrum reports that Charlie Kemp, the cofounder of Hello Robot, is shifting the focus of mobile manipulation toward practical assistive tasks like scratching an itch or retrieving dropped items. By utilizing the Stretch platform as a development base, Kemp aims to address

IEEE Spectrum reports that Charlie Kemp, the cofounder of Hello Robot, is shifting the focus of mobile manipulation toward practical assistive tasks like scratching an itch or retrieving dropped items. By utilizing the Stretch platform as a development base, Kemp aims to address