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myCobot 280

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Useful for: Education and programming · Research and development

by Elephant Robotics · 4 versions: Raspberry Pi, myCobot 280 Pi, myCobot 280 Pi 2023 and myCobot 280 for Arduino

Key facts

This robotic arm from Elephant Robotics is intended for research and education. The Raspberry Pi version has 6 axes, a reach of 280 mm and a payload of 250 g. It has a public SDK, pymycobot, and a Python API.

Recommended price
799 USD
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 14 February 2023. myCobot 280 Pi 2023. Original text: “myCobot 280 Pi 2023 $799 only”

Version myCobot 280 Pi 2023, United States market.

Weight
860 g (myCobot 280 for Arduino: 780 g)
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “Weight 860g”

Version Raspberry Pi.

Payload
250 g (myCobot 280 for Arduino: 250 g)
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “Payload 250g”

Version Raspberry Pi.

Reach
28 cm
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “Working Radius 280mm”

Version Raspberry Pi.

Not disclosed height, battery life, availability in France

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Specifications

6 verified specifications · updated on

myCobot 280, specifications and levels of evidence
SpecificationRaspberry PimyCobot 280 PimyCobot 280 Pi 2023myCobot 280 for ArduinoLevel of evidence
Manufacturer suggested priceRaspberry PiNot disclosedmyCobot 280 PiNot disclosedmyCobot 280 Pi 2023799 USDOriginal text: “$799 only”myCobot 280 for ArduinoNot disclosedClaimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 14 February 2023. myCobot 280 Pi 2023. Original text: “myCobot 280 Pi 2023 $799 only”
WeightRaspberry Pi860 gOriginal text: “860g”myCobot 280 PiNot disclosedmyCobot 280 Pi 2023Not disclosedmyCobot 280 for Arduino780 gOriginal text: “780”Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 17 March 2022. myCobot 280 for Arduino, net weight. Original text: “净重（g） 780”
PayloadRaspberry Pi250 gOriginal text: “250g”myCobot 280 PiNot disclosedmyCobot 280 Pi 2023Not disclosedmyCobot 280 for Arduino250 gOriginal text: “250”Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 17 March 2022. myCobot 280 for Arduino, maximum load. Original text: “最大负载（g） 250”
ReachRaspberry Pi28 cmOriginal text: “Working Radius 280mm”myCobot 280 PiNot disclosedmyCobot 280 Pi 2023Not disclosedmyCobot 280 for ArduinoNot disclosedClaimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “Working Radius 280mm”
Number of axesRaspberry Pi6 countOriginal text: “Degree of Freedom 6”myCobot 280 PiNot disclosedmyCobot 280 Pi 2023Not disclosedmyCobot 280 for ArduinoNot disclosedClaimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “Degree of Freedom 6”
Onboard computeRaspberry PiRaspberry Pi, Broadcom BCM2711 SoCmyCobot 280 PiRaspberry Pi 4BmyCobot 280 Pi 2023Not disclosedmyCobot 280 for ArduinoContrôleur auxiliaire ESP32 ; contrôleur principal extensible Arduino UNO/MEGA/MKRClaimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 17 March 2022. myCobot 280 for Arduino. Original text: “辅控 ESP32 主控 可扩展Arduino UNO/MEGA/MKR”

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Program this robot

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Programmable: yes (Python, C++, ROS 2).

Accessible from the intermediate level. To start: Python SDK. To go further: C++ SDK; ROS.

SDK and languages

Public SDK
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 28 September 2026. Original text: “pip install pymycobot --upgrade”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 14 February 2023. Original text: “With an open-source drive library and over 90+ robot control interfaces”
Official SDK
pymycobot Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 21 September 2026. Original text: “pip install pymycobot --user”pymycobot Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 28 September 2026. Original text: “# for mycobot 280 machine from pymycobot import MyCobot280”
Python API
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 14 February 2023. myCobot 280 Pi. Original text: “Easily learn to program myCobot Pi, in your style and start your robotics journey with pleasure. myBlockly Python”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “Programming Python”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 17 March 2022. myCobot 280 for Arduino. Original text: “Python 支持”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 28 September 2026. Original text: “# for mycobot 280 machine from pymycobot import MyCobot280”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 21 September 2026. Original text: “For using this package, the [Python api](https://github.com/elephantrobotics/pymycobot) library should be installed first.”
C++ API
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 17 March 2022. myCobot 280 for Arduino. Original text: “C++ 支持”

ROS 2

ROS compatibility
ROS 1 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 17 March 2022. myCobot 280 for Arduino, ROS 1. Original text: “ROS 1 支持”ROS 1 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 9 March 2022. Raspberry Pi. Original text: “ROS ROS1”ROS 2 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 21 September 2026. Original text: “myCobot ROS2 package”
Supported ROS 2 distributions
Foxy, Galactic, Humble Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 21 September 2026. Original text: “Supported ROS2 versions: * Ubuntu 20.04 / ROS2 Foxy - branch `foxy` * Ubuntu 20.04 / ROS2 Galactic - branch `galactic` * Ubuntu 22.04 / ROS2 Humble - branch `h…”

Simulation

Official simulation model
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 21 September 2026. URDF model published in the mycobot_ros2 package. Original text: “[mycobot 280 m5](./mycobot_description/urdf/mycobot_280_m5/mycobot_280_m5.urdf)”

System and firmware

Operating system
Ubuntu Mate 20.04 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Elephant Robotics (pages produit officielles), published 14 February 2023. myCobot 280 Pi. Original text: “Using Raspberry Pi microprocessor and Ubuntu Mate 20.04 operating system”

Official code

  • elephantrobotics/pymycobot · Official SDK

    MIT · 211 stars · Python · Active, last updated 28/09/2026

    This is a python API for ElephantRobotics product.

  • elephantrobotics/mycobot_ros · ROS 2 packages

    BSD-3-Clause · 235 stars · Python · Active, last updated 08/09/2026

    A ros package for myCobot.

  • elephantrobotics/mycobot_ros2 · ROS 2 packages

    Licence not recognised automatically · 132 stars · Python · Active, last updated 21/09/2026

    myCobot ROS2 package

  • elephantrobotics/jobot-ai-elephant · Other official repository

    Licence not recognised automatically · 1 stars · Python · Dormant, last updated 30/05/2025

    myCobot280 RISCV Smart Retail Scene System

  • elephantrobotics/myCobot_280_X_Edition_docs · Other official repository

    Licence not recognised automatically · 0 stars · HTML · Active, last updated 07/08/2026

    myCobot 280 十周年版 GitBook 用户手册

Figures read on GitHub on 02/10/2026.

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