Stretch RE2
The Stretch RE2 (Research Edition 2) is a lightweight mobile manipulation robot developed by Hello Robot Inc., designed for research in mobile manipulation. It features a wheeled differential-drive base with LiDAR, a telescoping arm with 109 cm vertical range and 52 cm horizontal reach, a 3 kg lift capacity, an Intel RealSense D435i RGB-D camera on a pan/tilt head, and full ROS integration. The platform includes torque sensing across all joints and ships with a calibrated URDF for accurate depth-to-robot-body mapping, making it a popular research platform for HRI and manipulation studies.
Primary use case: Research
Height
141 cm
Weight
23 kg
DOF
6
Payload
2 kg
Battery
5 hrs
Price
$20K
Specifications
Physical
Height
141 cm
Weight
23 kg
Degrees of Freedom
6
Locomotion
Wheeled
Manipulation
Payload
2 kg
Power & Autonomy
Battery Life
5 hrs
Commercial
Price
$20K
Availability
commercial
Primary Use Case
Research
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