# Pick & place mobile manipulation

**URL:** <https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/pick-place-mobile-manipulation/1399>\
**Category:** Ask\
**Created:** [September 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/pick-place-mobile-manipulation/1399 "2025-09-27T00:51:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Igri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Igri](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/Igri)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/pick-place-mobile-manipulation/1399/1 "2025-09-27T00:51:59Z")

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I am working on Stretch2 Robot and I am looking for a way to coordinate movement between the base and the arm of the robot. Essentially, I want the robot to be able to detect where an object is in a room, navigate toward it and pick the object up. I wanted to know the best way to go about the base + arm problem?

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**Author:** ![bshah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/bshah/32/55_2.png) [@bshah](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/bshah)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/pick-place-mobile-manipulation/1399/2 "2025-09-29T20:58:22Z")

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Hi @Igri, welcome to the Stretch forum! This is a common task to program Stretch to do. I’d recommend starting with the tutorials on our docs: [Hello Robot! - Stretch Docs](https://docs.hello-robot.com/0.3/getting_started/hello_robot/) (especially [Mapping & Navigation](https://docs.hello-robot.com/0.3/getting_started/demos_mapping_and_navigation/) tutorial).

Then, I’d recommend trying [Stretch AI](https://github.com/hello-robot/stretch_ai), which demonstrates open vocabulary pick and place (essentially the task of coordinating the robot’s cameras, mobile base, and arm to find an object, navigate to it, and pick it up).

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**Author:** ![Igri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Igri](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/Igri)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/pick-place-mobile-manipulation/1399/3 "2025-09-30T00:40:12Z")

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Hello, and thank you for the reply and for sharing the Stretch AI. That definitely helps!