Robotic Arms
Desktop and lightweight articulated arms for education, prototyping, and small-scale automation
Category advisor note
What buyers should know about robotic arms
Good for
Robotic arms fit fixed manipulation tasks such as welding, sorting, assembly, machine tending, packaging, and lab automation.
Usually not for
They are not enough on their own when the workflow needs navigation, scene understanding, or frequent task changes without fixtures.
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Buyers should compare payload, reach, repeatability, tooling, controller ecosystem, programming effort, safety, and integrator availability.
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- mobility
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Sourcing note
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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.
From $15,999
Cobot Magic
Elephant Robotics
AgileX Robotics open-source bimanual mobile manipulation platform implementing the Mobile ALOHA system (not an Elephant Robotics product).
Mycobot 280
Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics' compact six-axis desktop collaborative robot arm for education, research, and makers, available in multiple control-platform variants.
From $649
Mypalletizer 260
Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics' compact, fully-wrapped 4-axis desktop robotic arm for makers and STEM education.
From $549
Mecharm 270
Elephant Robotics
A compact six-axis desktop robotic arm from Elephant Robotics for education, research, and light automation.
From $799
Mybuddy 280
Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics' dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot powered by Raspberry Pi, built for research, education, and AI manipulation learning.
From $1,699
Mercury A1
Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics' lightweight collaborative robotic arm in the Mercury series, built for AI and robotics research, education, and manipulation tasks.
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.
Mars
Elephant Robotics
A fully autonomous bionic robot pet cat by Elephant Robotics that walks, plays, and develops a personality, with an open SDK for programming.
From $1,199
Ultraarm
Elephant Robotics
Compact desktop stepper robot arm from Elephant Robotics for drawing, engraving, and vision-based pick-and-place in education and research.
From $699
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.
Dobot Nova 5
Dobot
Six-axis collaborative robot arm from Dobot, built for compact commercial, retail, and service deployments with easy no-code setup.
From $9,525
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.
Dobot M1 Pro
Dobot
A compact, all-in-one second-generation collaborative SCARA robot from Dobot, built for small and medium-sized factories.
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.
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.
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.
Ambidex
NAVER LABS
NAVER LABS' research dual-arm robot using a cable-driven mechanism for lightweight, safe human-robot interaction.
Mycobot 320
Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics' six-axis collaborative robotic arm for education, research, and light commercial automation.
From $2,399
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.
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.
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