
Aaron Edsinger
Co-founder and CEO of Hello Robot with decades of experience in robotics, former director of robotics at Google, building the Stretch robot to provide practical home- and care-oriented robotic assistance.
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Apr 30, 2026 • 41min
Building a Robot People Actually Want
Aaron Edsinger, co-founder and CEO of Hello Robot and former director of robotics at Google, builds practical home robots. He discusses why simpler, Roomba-like designs can be more useful than humanoids. He explains safety as a physics problem, the data limits for physical AI, teleoperation to mixed autonomy, pricing and real-world buyers, and modest design choices that enable useful deployments.


