myBuddy 280
Dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot powered by Raspberry Pi
Price
$1,699
Legacy record price · Jul 9, 2026
Key facts
Values reflect the public record
- Height
- No public data documented
- Weight
- 2.75 kgManufacturer confirmed
- Payload
- 0.25 kg per armManufacturer confirmed
- Degrees of freedom
- 13Manufacturer confirmed
- Runtime
- No public data documented
- Max speed
- 160 °/s per jointManufacturer confirmed
Canonical robot record
Overview
The myBuddy 280 is a dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot developed by Elephant Robotics, a Chinese robotics company. It pairs two cooperating six-axis arms on a shared base, topped with an interactive touchscreen and equipped with HD cameras for vision-based tasks. A Raspberry Pi acts as the master controller, making the platform approachable for makers, students, and researchers.
The robot is positioned as a cost-effective entry into dual-arm manipulation, supporting open-source control libraries with a large set of control interfaces alongside ROS and visual programming environments such as myBlockly and myStudio. This lets users explore joint and coordinate control, drag-and-drop teaching, and AI-driven object recognition.
Its compact desktop form factor and broad software ecosystem—spanning multiple programming languages and operating systems—make it suited to education, research, and prototyping of collaborative and humanoid manipulation behaviors.
RoboZaps maintains this record as part of its canonical robotics database. Specs are source-verified where linked; the record compares public facts across manufacturers rather than representing a single robot maker.
- Spec sources
- 2 linked
- Verification
- Verified · 10/10 specs source-verified
- Deployment
- Paid Deployment
- Last verified
- Jul 9, 2026
Key Features
- Two cooperating six-axis collaborative arms on a shared humanoid base
- Onboard interactive touchscreen and HD cameras for vision and interaction
- Raspberry Pi master controller with an open-source control library and many control interfaces
- Broad software support including ROS, myBlockly visual programming, and myStudio
- Designed for research, education, and AI-driven manipulation learning
Specifications
Grouped technical data with source detail available on demand.
10 documented values
Connectivity
| Communication | WiFi, Bluetooth, USBManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
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Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 13Manufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
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| Locomotion | StationaryManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics (official shop) |
Performance
| Max Speed | 160 °/s per jointManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
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| Payload Capacity | 0.25 kg per armManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
| Reach | 280 mmManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
| Repeatability | ±0.5 mmManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
Physical
| Weight | 2.75 kgManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
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Software
| ROS Compatible | YesManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
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| SDK Support | YesManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Elephant Robotics |
Evidence & changelog
Sources behind this record and material corrections made over time.
Sources
- Elephant Robotics - tranche-6 verification · Elephant Robotics — cites Max Speed, Weight, SDK Support, ROS Compatible, Repeatability, Payload Capacity, Reach, Degrees of Freedom
- Elephant Robotics - tranche-6 verification · Elephant Robotics — cites Communication
- myBuddy 280 — official manufacturer page · Elephant Robotics (official shop) — cites Locomotion
Record changelog
- Name: Mybuddy 280 changed to myBuddy 280 · Jul 29, 2026
brand-official name stylization (2026-07-28 image/name audit)
- Degrees of Freedom: 12 changed to 13 · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Maker markets myBuddy 280 as a 13-axis robot: 6 DOF per arm x2 plus 1 waist joint. '12' misses the waist axis.
- Payload Capacity: 0.25 kg changed to 0.25 kg per arm · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Numeric is right; maker states 'Single Arm 250g'. Per-arm qualifier added to the value string — material on a dual-arm robot.
- Repeatability: ±1 mm changed to ±0.5 mm · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Maker spec page and shop page both state positioning accuracy ±0.5 mm; no maker source found for ±1 mm.
- Weight: 15 kg changed to 2.75 kg · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Maker spec: net weight 2750 g. Stored 15 kg matches no source and contradicted the record's own core weight_kg (2.75, which is correct).
Media
Manufacturer
Developer of collaborative robots and educational robotics solutions including the myCobot series of compact robotic arms.
- Headquarters
- Shenzhen, China
- Founded
- 2016
