For the last three years, a team led by Google's former Director of Robotics, Dr. Aaron Edsinger, has been secretly working on an assistive robot. Hello Robot has now emerged from stealth to reveal ...

It looks a lot like a high-tech coat rack with a strange telescoping arm — but it’s actually a look at a chore-less future. Well, maybe not chore-less, but chore-reduced. This is Stretch, the first ...

The road to the home robot is one fraught with peril. The number of success stories it’s delivered can be counted on a single hand. The reasons for this massive disconnect are nuanced and complex -- ...

This is Stretch — or, more precisely, the Stretch Research Edition. The name certainly conveys the tall, skinny and minimalist design of the home helper robot. Stretch is different and somehow ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. It looks like a telescoping grabber tool attached to a hat stand, but it could be the future of home robotics.