Stretch is the less aesthetically ... so it doesn’t tip over when lifting heavy boxes, and it “sees” its surroundings using cameras and sensors mounted on a mast that's separate from its lifting arm.

“That base is able to handle the inertial force of the arm plus the box swinging at a fast weight, without having to rely on a several-thousand kilo steel plate bolted to the floor.” Stretch ...

Instead, Boston Dynamics’ new robot, named Stretch, is going straight to work in a warehouse. Rolling around on a wheeled base, it’s basically a large robotic arm that grabs boxes using vacuum ...

Check out the demonstration video below for an introduction to the new Stretch robot which features a 7 -DOF arm capable of lifting up to 23 kg and moving up to 800 boxes per hour. Watch this ...

Stretch can unload cargo, build pallets, stack boxes, and according to Boston Dynamics, it can do it all of those things just as fast as a human. Boston Dynamics is back with a new robot aimed at ...