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Robot Arms for Sale in 2026: Prices & Availability

Robot arms for sale span palm-sized education kits, desktop cobots and research-grade manipulators. Many sell direct from the maker's online store with published list prices and short lead times, while larger systems use distributor quotes. The table shows source-verified pricing and current availability for every articulated arm in the RoboZaps database.

20 robot arms tracked · 15 with source-verified pricing · 19 commercially active

Prices and availability

Every price carries its basis — official list, reported range or preorder guidance — and every availability claim links back to a primary source on the product page.

Reachy 2

Pollen Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
$70,000
Basis
Official price
Ambidex

NAVER LABS

Announced
Price
Contact for pricing
Jaco

Kinova Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
Contact for pricing
Kinova Gen3

Kinova Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
Contact for pricing
Scaled Deployment
Price
from $5,990
Basis
Starting price
ultraArm P340

Elephant Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
$999
Basis
Official price
Mercury B1

Elephant Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
$11,999
Basis
Official price
Mercury A1

Elephant Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
$4,999
Basis
Official price
Unitree Z1

Unitree Robotics

Paid Deployment
Price
$15,999

Robot arms for sale: how to buy the right arm

Education kits, cobot arms and research manipulators

Desktop education arms like the myCobot and mechArm lines are consumer purchases built for learning and prototyping. Cobot-class desktop arms such as the DOBOT MG400 and Nova family carry real payloads and repeatability specs for light automation. Research manipulators — Reachy 2, Ambidex, the Unitree Z1 — are lab instruments with SDK-first designs and correspondingly higher budgets.

The specs that actually matter

Payload, reach, repeatability and degrees of freedom decide whether an arm can do the job; the software stack decides whether you can program it for yours. Check ROS support, the gripper ecosystem and whether the controller is open before comparing prices — a cheaper arm with a closed controller often costs more by the time it works.

How verified pricing works

Every price carries a basis label — an official list price, a reported range or distributor guidance — sourced from the manufacturer, an authorized distributor or the press. Most desktop arms publish real list prices; where a maker sells only through quotes, the table says so instead of inventing a number.

What a complete quote includes

For anything beyond an education kit, insist the quote covers the gripper or end-effector, controller and software licences, mounting hardware, shipping and duties, warranty scope and spare-part availability. End-effectors are sold separately more often than buyers expect, and they change the total materially.

All robot arms in the database

Reachy 2 open-source humanoid robot — official Pollen Robotics image
robot arms for sale: Reachy 2 by Pollen Robotics

Reachy 2

Pollen Robotics

Open-source humanoid platform by Pollen Robotics for research, education, and embodied-AI development, with bio-inspired arms and an optional mobile base.

HumanoidsRobotic Arms

$70,000Official price

AMBIDEX dual-arm research robot — official NAVER LABS image

Ambidex

NAVER LABS

NAVER LABS' research dual-arm robot using a cable-driven mechanism for lightweight, safe human-robot interaction.

Robotic Arms
Jaco

Jaco

Kinova Robotics

Kinova's lightweight assistive robotic arm that mounts on a power wheelchair to help people with limited upper-limb mobility perform everyday tasks.

Robotic Arms
Kinova Gen3 lite robotic arm — official Kinova Robotics image

Kinova Gen3 Lite

Kinova Robotics

Compact six-axis professional and educational robotic arm from Kinova, running the Kortex API with both graphical and low-level programming.

Industrial CobotsRobotic Arms
Kinova Gen3 robotic arm — official Kinova Robotics image

Kinova Gen3

Kinova Robotics

Ultra lightweight, modular research robotic arm available in 6 or 7 DOF, with optional integrated vision and an open API for advanced research and automation.

Industrial CobotsRobotic Arms
DOBOT M1 Pro

DOBOT M1 Pro

Dobot

A compact, all-in-one second-generation collaborative SCARA robot from Dobot, built for small and medium-sized factories.

Robotic Arms

from $5,990Starting price

DOBOT MG400 desktop robotic arm — official DOBOT image

DOBOT MG400

Dobot

Ultra-compact desktop four-axis collaborative robot for small-batch production, with drag-to-teach and collision detection in an all-in-one base.

Robotic Arms

$3,780

DOBOT Nova 5

DOBOT Nova 5

Dobot

Six-axis collaborative robot arm from Dobot, built for compact commercial, retail, and service deployments with easy no-code setup.

Robotic Arms

$13,790

DOBOT Nova 2

DOBOT Nova 2

Dobot

Lightweight 6-axis collaborative robot from Dobot's Nova series, built for retail and service automation with no-code, drag-to-teach programming.

Robotic Arms

$12,790

ultraArm P340 desktop robotic arm — official Elephant Robotics image

ultraArm P340

Elephant Robotics

Compact desktop stepper robot arm from Elephant Robotics for drawing, engraving, and vision-based pick-and-place in education and research.

Robotic ArmsEducational Robots

$999Official price

Mercury B1 dual-arm robot — official Elephant Robotics image

Mercury B1

Elephant Robotics

Dual-arm semi-humanoid robot by Elephant Robotics with two seven-axis arms, 3D vision, and VR teleoperation, aimed at research and education.

Robotic Arms

$11,999Official price

Mercury A1 7-DOF robotic arm — official Elephant Robotics image

Mercury A1

Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics' lightweight collaborative robotic arm in the Mercury series, built for AI and robotics research, education, and manipulation tasks.

Robotic Arms

$4,999Official price

myBuddy 280 dual-arm collaborative robot — official Elephant Robotics image

myBuddy 280

Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics' dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot powered by Raspberry Pi, built for research, education, and AI manipulation learning.

Robotic ArmsEducational Robots

$1,699

mechArm 270 desktop robotic arm — official Elephant Robotics image

mechArm 270

Elephant Robotics

A compact six-axis desktop robotic arm from Elephant Robotics for education, research, and light automation.

Robotic ArmsEducational Robots

$799

myPalletizer 260 palletizing robot arm — official Elephant Robotics image

myPalletizer 260

Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics' compact, fully-wrapped 4-axis desktop robotic arm for makers and STEM education.

Robotic ArmsEducational Robots

$549Official price

Mycobot Pro 600

Mycobot Pro 600

Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics commercial six-axis collaborative robotic arm with Raspberry Pi control and harmonic-reducer joints for light industrial use.

Robotic Arms

$8,799

Mycobot 320

Mycobot 320

Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics' six-axis collaborative robotic arm for education, research, and light commercial automation.

Robotic ArmsEducational Robots

$2,399

Mycobot 280

Mycobot 280

Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics' compact six-axis desktop collaborative robot arm for education, research, and makers, available in multiple control-platform variants.

Robotic ArmsEducational Robots

$649

COBOT Magic mobile manipulation platform — official AgileX Robotics image

AgileX Cobot Magic

AgileX Robotics

AgileX Robotics open-source bimanual mobile manipulation platform implementing the Mobile ALOHA system (not an Elephant Robotics product).

Robotic Arms
Unitree Z1 robotic arm — official Unitree image

Unitree Z1

Unitree Robotics

A lightweight six-axis collaborative robotic arm from Unitree designed for mobile platforms and fixed-base use, with force control and an open SDK.

Robotic Arms

$15,999

Robot arm buying FAQ

Can you actually buy a robot arm?

Yes — more easily than any other robot category. Most desktop and education arms sell direct from the manufacturer's online store with published prices and ship internationally. Cobot-class and research arms may route through distributors or a sales conversation, and the comparison table on this page shows the current status for every arm RoboZaps tracks.

How much does a robot arm cost?

The range runs from pocket-money education kits to research manipulators costing as much as a car. Payload, reach, repeatability and the software ecosystem drive the difference. Every figure in the table above is source-verified and labelled with its basis, so you know whether you are looking at an official list price or a reported estimate.

What is the difference between an education arm and a cobot?

Education arms are built for learning: light payloads, hobby-grade repeatability, open tooling, priced for individuals and classrooms. Cobots are certified collaborative arms with force limits, industrial repeatability and support contracts, built to run production tasks next to people. They overlap on the desktop but serve different jobs at different price tiers.

Which robot arm is best for learning robotics?

Pick an arm with an open SDK, ROS support and an active community over the one with the best headline spec. The desktop education tier in the table — the myCobot family, mechArm and similar kits — exists exactly for this, and the product pages record each arm's software ecosystem so you can compare before buying.

Do robot arms come with a gripper?

Often not. Grippers, suction kits and other end-effectors are frequently sold as separate accessories, even on education arms, and on cobot-class hardware the end-effector can be a meaningful share of the total cost. Always confirm what is in the box before comparing two prices.

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