Hello Robot Receives $3 Million Grant to Develop Stretch Robot for Elderly Care

According to Robotics & Automation News, Hello Robot has received a Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, in the amount of $3 million. The funding will be used to advance its Stretch mobile manipulation robot to provide support for older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease dementia. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of the collaborators on the project. Stretch is positioned as a mobile manipulation robot, and this grant aims to promote its further development and application in elderly care scenarios. The above content is based on the original report by Robotics & Automation News, organized by AI, and is intended only as an industry news reference, not as an independent testing conclusion.