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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited to get this release out there! It's been cool seeing sw made for the real robot function identically in sim. Also really glad to be building on MuJoCo; their codebase & docs are incredible

Hello Robot @hellorobot.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚀Stretch MuJoCo v0.5 is released! It's a high-fidelity simulation of Stretch 3. Here’s what's new:

• ROS2 and Python libraries
• RGB-D and Lidar sensors
• 100s of kitchen-style environments
• Runs on Ubuntu, MacOS, Windows, or online on Google Colab

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Emma Flynn @emmaflynn.bsky.social · May 27

Our new preprint PharmacoForge: Pharmacophore Generation with Diffusion Models is out now! PharmacoForge quickly generates pharmacophores for a given protein pocket that identify key binding features and find useful compounds in a pharmacophore search. Check it out! 🧪 doi.org/10.26434/che...

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Apr 18

Details here: forum.hello-robot.com/t/1332

Software drop - April 18, 2025

Hey all, Here’s a quick round-up of some of the new software that’s been released for Stretch these past few weeks. Firebase networking for the web interface When you call your robot using the web...

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Apr 18

Software drop for Stretch!

- Firebase signaling for the web interface
- Login & homepages in the web interface
- Better OS upgrades
- Shoulder CAD
- Fix trajectory mode in ROS2
- and a lot more (link below)

Screenshot of a post on the Stretch forum.

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Apr 17

Fair warning, I'm not an embedded engineer. Someone who knows embedded would be better qualified.

Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'd be willing to give it a shot. I'm already attempting to port PebbleOS to posix (youtube.com/shorts/ifAvk...). I'm aware qemu exists, I'm doing this to get familiar with the codebase. I'd planned to target the RP2350 (since it's also cortex m4) next, but could be convinced to try ESP instead.

Pebble's display emulator using SDL & shared memory

YouTube video by Binit Shah

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Apr 7

For a pythonic trajopt and MPC library, I really like OpTaS by Chris Mower. It's really well designed and easy to use.

Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Mar 19

Lol

Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Feb 28

Details here:
forum.hello-robot.com/t/1248

Software drop - February 28, 2025

Hey all, Here’s a quick round-up of some of the new software that’s been released for Stretch these past few weeks. New tutorial for developing on web interface If you’re interested in learning how ...

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Feb 28

Software drop for Stretch!

- Tutorial for React/ROS2 in the web interface
- Smoother control in dex teleop
- Easier Stretch AI installation
- Better Nav2 mapping

Screenshot of a forum post detailing new features and bug fixes for the software that runs on Stretch robots.

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Jan 31

forum.hello-robot.com/t/1216

Software drop - January 31, 2025

Hey all, Here’s a quick round-up of some of the new software that’s been released for Stretch these past few weeks. Generate custom URDFs on-the-fly The Stretch URDF library provides a module to mod...

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Binit Shah @binitshah.bsky.social · Jan 31

Some new software for Stretch to:

- Generate URDFs on-the-fly
- Run FUNMAP in a UV venv
- Fix phantom points in offline mapping
- Tutorial for launching apps on boot w/ Systemd

Check it out: forum.hello-robot.com/t/1216

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