{"id":269090,"date":"2026-06-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/world-economic-forum-names-hello-robot-a-2026-technology-pioneer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:10:09","slug":"world-economic-forum-names-hello-robot-a-2026-technology-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/world-economic-forum-names-hello-robot-a-2026-technology-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"World Economic Forum Names Hello Robot a 2026 Technology Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260610363743\/en\/World-Economic-Forum-Names-Hello-Robot-a-2026-Technology-Pioneer\">World Economic Forum Names Hello Robot a 2026 Technology Pioneer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260610363743\/en\/World-Economic-Forum-Names-Hello-Robot-a-2026-Technology-Pioneer\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260610363743\/en\/World-Economic-Forum-Names-Hello-Robot-a-2026-Technology-Pioneer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 06:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.businesswire.com\">www.businesswire.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"><span>MARTINEZ, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;<\/span>Hello Robot, the team behind the Stretch mobile manipulation platform, today announced its selection as a 2026 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The recognition underscores Hello Robot&#8217;s mission to build robots that truly serve people \u2014 from individuals with severe mobility impairments to older adults aging in place \u2014 at a moment when Physical AI is reshaping the future of general-purpose robotics.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pull-quote\" class=\"font-figtree text-lg lg:text-[24px] leading-6 lg:leading-[38px]\">The recognition underscores Hello Robot&#8217;s mission to build robots that truly serve people \u2014 from individuals with severe mobility impairments to older adults aging in place \u2014 at a moment when Physical AI is reshaping the future of general-purpose robotics.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Each year, the World Economic Forum selects 100 Technology Pioneers, honoring early-stage companies whose breakthrough innovations are transforming business and society at large. Hello Robot is honored to be among this year&#8217;s cohort, representing a new generation of robotics companies that prioritize human benefit over spectacle \u2014 advancing practical, safe, and accessible robots designed to operate shoulder-to-shoulder with the people they serve.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">&#8220;There has never been a more exciting time to push the boundaries of what technology can do for humanity. Some of the most meaningful innovations are those built around people,&#8221; said Verena Kuhn, Head of Innovator Communities, World Economic Forum. &#8220;As the Technology Pioneers programme celebrates its 26th year, we continue to champion start-ups that don&#8217;t just advance what&#8217;s technically possible, but direct that capability toward the world&#8217;s most urgent human needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">&#8220;The robotics world has spent years wowing us with highlight reels of machines doing the extraordinary. What&#8217;s been missing from the frame is the person the robot is actually supposed to help,&#8221; said Aaron Edsinger, co-founder and CEO of Hello Robot. &#8220;Being named a WEF Technology Pioneer is a meaningful validation that the world is ready for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260610363743\/en\/World-Economic-Forum-Names-Hello-Robot-a-2026-Technology-Pioneer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Economic Forum Names Hello Robot a 2026 Technology Pioneer https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260610363743\/en\/World-Economic-Forum-Names-Hello-Robot-a-2026-Technology-Pioneer Publish Date: 2026-06-10 06:00:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260610363743\/en\/2827657\/22\/HelloRobot_Stacked_Blue.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-269090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-robots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269092,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269090\/revisions\/269092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}