The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Hello Robot: 1 model. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Hello Robot is a Silicon Valley company building consumer home robots for the mass market. The company aims to make affordable home robotics accessible to households, with backing from Silicon Valley investors betting on the consumer home robotics category.
Reality check
Stretch 4 launch (company-claimed)
Released Stretch 4, an open-source mobile manipulation platform priced at $29,950.
Stretch 4 platform (company-claimed)
A 9-DOF mobile manipulator with a three-wheel omnidirectional base, lift, telescoping arm and three-axis wrist; open-source ROS 2 and Python SDK.
Software demos (company-claimed)
Ships with reference demos for autonomy and embodied AI.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Stretch 4 design (reported, May 2026)
Stretch 4 sensing (reported, May 2026)
Stretch 4 performance (reported, May 2026)
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Hello Robot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Hello Robot on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Aaron Edsinger Co-founder, Hello Robotsecondary-verified
- Charlie Kemp Co-founder, Hello Robot; Professor, Georgia Techsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Aaron Edsingercofounderno longer at company
- Charlie Kempcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Hello Robot.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Hello Robot in third-party press
Peer companies
- Sharpa3 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Enigma2 models
- Halcyon Robotics2 models
- Hiwonder2 models
- Naver Labs2 models
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Hello Robot.
People (2)
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Hello Robot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- hello-robot x nvidiawithNVIDIA1116technology—operating
- hello-robot x awswithAWS976technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/silicon-valley-ready-robots-peoples-homes-hello-robot/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/hello-robots-latest-stretch-4-is-bigger-faster-and-stronger-than-previous-versions/
- https://hello-robot.com/stretch-4/
- https://hello-robot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HelloRobot-DataSheet-Stretch-4-Rev5_AsLaunched.pdf
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Hello Robot.Peer companies
- Sharpa3 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Enigma2 models
- Halcyon Robotics2 models
- Hiwonder2 models
- Naver Labs2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Hello Robot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Hello Robot, A&K Robotics to discuss how robots navigate crowded indoor spaces at RoboBusiness
As robots move beyond warehouses and other controlled environments and into everyday life, navigation challenges will be critical. The post Hello Robot, A&K Robotics to discuss…
Hello Robot awarded $3 million to develop Stretch robot for elder care
Hello Robot has received a Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to advance the use…
A Day in the Life of a Roboticist: Charlie Kemp
Building useful robots starts with understanding the people who use them. For Charlie Kemp, cofounder and chief technology officer of Hello Robot, that means developing assistive…
Robot Talk Episode 163 – Robots helping people, with Aaron Edsinger
Claire chatted to Aaron Edsinger from Hello Robot about their Stretch robots that can help people with mobility issues live more independently. Aaron Edsinger is CEO and…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Aaron Edsinger brings Hello Robot’s Stretch 4 to life onstage
Hello Robot CEO and co-founder Aaron Edsinger will bring Stretch 4 for a live demo on the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to save up…
Hello Robotaxi raises about $100 million at nearly $3 billion valuation
Hello’s Robotaxi business, operated through Shanghai Zufu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., has completed a new financing round of about $100 million. The round was led by…
Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in homes? Hello Robot is.
Hello Robot bringing home robots to consumers. Silicon Valley betting on home robotics.
Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people's homes? Hello Robot is
Hello Robot released the fourth generation of its Stretch home assistance robot, designed to operate safely alongside people with mobility impairments.
Hello Robot Sets the Standard for Practical, Safe Home Robots
Many roboticists (and at least one robotics journalist) have been seduced by the dream of a robot butler. And the rampant popularity of videos showing humanoid robots doing…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/hello-robot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/hello-robot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/24ec5eb1-42e5-44b9-82d1-2ed33d020166
- Revision history: /companies/hello-robot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Sharpa3 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Enigma2 models
- Halcyon Robotics2 models
- Hiwonder2 models
- Naver Labs2 models
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Hello Robot draws attention at the 31st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among manipulator robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 18, 2026