# New open forum! **URL:** \ **Category:** Announce\ **Created:** [June 11, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/new-open-forum/28 "2020-06-11T20:44:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hello-ck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/hello-ck/32/23_2.png) [@hello-ck](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/hello-ck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/new-open-forum/28/1 "2020-06-11T20:44:57Z")
Hello everyone, This summer, I’ve been enjoying the opportunity to focus on Hello Robot. It’s an exciting time for us, since we recently began shipping our robots to customers. Long ago, when I led Georgia Tech’s [PR2 Beta Program](https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/050410-willow-garage-giving-away-11-pr2-robots-worth-over-4-million) team, one of the things my students and I loved was the community working with the PR2 mobile manipulator. It was a great group of people exploring the future of robotics. Similarly, I’m impressed by the outstanding group of people who have chosen to get an early start with the Stretch RE1. I’m hoping you’ll choose to become involved in this forum, so that we can help each other make the future of mobile manipulation fun, useful, and inclusive. Best wishes, Charlie _Charlie Kemp, PhD_ _co-founder & CTO_ _Hello Robot Inc._ _[http://charliekemp.com](http://charliekemp.com)_ ---
**Author:** ![hello-ck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/hello-ck/32/23_2.png) [@hello-ck](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/hello-ck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/new-open-forum/28/2 "2020-06-11T20:46:52Z")
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**Author:** ![hello-ck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/hello-ck/32/23_2.png) [@hello-ck](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/hello-ck)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/new-open-forum/28/3 "2021-02-01T15:19:11Z")