myCobot 280
Lightweight 6-axis cobot for robotics research, AI education, and light industrial pick-place work
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$500 - $850
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How it stands in your space.
Side-by-side with a 180 cm adult, so you can feel the robot's footprint, height, and presence before it ever rolls in.
Compared with a 180 cm adult, myCobot 280 stands at approximately waist-to-chest height.
180 cm adult
Specifications
What this robot can do.
- Obstacle avoidance
- Multi-floor
- Elevator support
- Voice interaction
- Screen interaction
- Autonomous charging
- Fleet management
- Indoor
- Outdoor
Should you deploy it?
0–100 — higher is stronger, except where noted.
How operationally ready this robot is for production deployment today.
Confidence in the published ROI numbers — how likely the savings actually materialize.
Share of the human task this category can credibly offload.
Fit with your target environment — lighting, floor type, congestion.
Expected maintenance load and downtime risk. Lower is better.
Long-horizon strategic upside — where the platform points 3+ years out.
Best for educational institutions and maker/R&D labs with tight benchtops. The sub-kilogram weight and LEGO interfaces enable rapid task iteration and prototyping—but the 250g payload caps this to very light assembly/inspection only. Skip if you need factory-floor payload or real-time manufacturing ROI; the myCobot 320 (1kg payload) serves that better.
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When to deploy this.
- Robotics curricula: Tabletop demonstrations of 6-axis kinematics and ROS path planning without PC requirement (Pi version).
- Maker/art projects: CNC pen drawing, laser-engraved marker positioning, 3D-print head placement on 280mm reach.
- Lab inspection/part feeding: Light PCB or electronics component sorting on assembly workbenches under 250g per object.
When to skip it.
- Payload ceiling of 250g rules out bin-picking, heavy stamping, or production line payloads above candy-bar weight.
- Requires stable 1m×1m desktop footprint; base can vibrate under high-speed cycles due to light construction.
- Commercial support/warranty documents limited; ecosystem relies heavily on open-source community (ROS, Python) rather than vendor SLAs.
What's verified, what's estimated.
Robofy separates manufacturer-confirmed facts from operator estimates. Anything not yet press-sourced or supplier-confirmed is tagged so you can decide how much weight to give it.
Specifications from manufacturer datasheets (Elephant Robotics official product pages and GitBook documentation). Pricing estimated from Top3DShop and UK distributor listings (Jetson Nano ~$849 USD; other variants $500–650). Deployment maturity assessed from >10,000 units sold globally as of early 2024 and active educational deployments. Payload, weight, and reach verified across multiple official spec pages. Battery/runtime data not disclosed; device is mains-powered only.
From rollout to recharge.
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Programmed patrol path
Operators record an inspection circuit through the site, marking sensor read points and risk zones.
- 02
Sensor sweep on schedule
Thermal, visual, and acoustic sensors capture readings on every patrol, indoors or outdoors.
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Real-time alerts
Anomalies push to the on-call team's phone with timestamped imagery and location context.
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Return & recharge
Short missions cycle quickly back to the dock; logs sync to the cloud for audit and trending.
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Scene preview · arriving in Phase 2
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