The myCobot Pro 450 features a modular design, intelligent features, and robust capabilities. | Source: Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics last week introduced a new member to its myCobot series: the myCobot Pro 450. The company said it designed the compact collaborative robot arm to meet the increasingly industrial-level expectations of educational, scientific and academic research, and commercial users alike.
The new cobot has a 1 kg (2.2 lb.) payload, a 450 mm (17.7 in.) working radius, and a repeated positioning accuracy of ±0.1 mm (0.003 in.). Elephant Robotics equipped the myCobot Pro 450 with harmonic reducers, servo motors, joint brakes, and integrated controllers, all packed into a body weighing under 5 kg (11 lb.).
The robot is also equipped with a range of end effectors—including cameras, suction pumps, grippers, pen holders, and phone holders. Its compact and durable structure also offers rapid deployment for applications ranging from data collection and fine object manipulation to intelligent human-robot interaction (HRI), claimed Shenzhen, China-based Elephant Robotics.
The cobot supports three key personalized application scenarios: 3D visual random sorting, robotic writing and painting, and compound mobile inspections.
myCobot Pro 450 offers integration support for a wide range of peripherals, such as 3D cameras, recognition software and algorithms, actuators, industrial PCs, and mobile platforms like myAGV Pro. Elephant Robotics asserted that the peripherals offer scalable solutions tailored to diverse user needs.
Elephant brings LLMs to myCobot Pro 450
The myCobot Pro 450 is compatible with a wide range of large language models (LLMs), including DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and embodied intelligence models like LeRobot. Users can control the robot through natural voice commands, enabling intuitive and seamless HRI, said Elephant Robotics.
When paired with camera flanges and an AI image-recognition system, the company added that the arm excels at precise object detection and grasping.
Elephant Robotics also provides comprehensive secondary development resources and tutorials. It said they can simplify the process from LLM integration to visual recognition setup, dramatically lowering the technical barrier and empowering users to accelerate the journey from concept to execution.
By integrating embodied intelligence capabilities, the myCobot Pro 450 can autonomously learn and execute motion strategies, the company said.
Whether used in educational demonstrations or scientific and academic research, ready-to-use examples can accelerate deployment, transforming innovative ideas into real-world applications, claimed Elephant Robotics.
The robotic arm also comes with the myStudio Pro “all-in-one” control software system. It features a graphical programming tool, myBlockly. Users can operate the cobot instantly by simply entering an IP address—no software installation required.
In educational settings, instructors can design courses aligned with learning objectives, helping students enhance their creativity and develop practical skills by applying theoretical knowledge to real-world challenges.
Collaborative robot is an open-source platform
Built with an all-metal housing using thermoformed die-casting craftsmanship, Elephant Robotics said the myCobot Pro 450 ensures consistent structural strength and long-term durability. Its integrated controller eliminates external electrical boxes and exposed wiring. This can improve operational safety and reduce cable entanglement, the company said.
In addition, the cobot has collision detection, power-off self-locking, and a hardware braking system that ensures emergency locking within 0.1 seconds for safe and stable collaboration.
For connectivity and system integration, the myCobot Pro 450 offers four industrial-grade interfaces, including WLAN, Ethernet, RS485, and CAN. It also supports standard protocols such as Modbus, Socket-TCP, and CANOpen. Elephant Robotics said this facilitates interaction with PLCs [programmable logic controllers] and other industrial systems, allowing educators and researchers to replicate real-world robotic logic and workflows in classroom and laboratory environments.
Enterprises can also simulate the operation of industrial robot arms at a cost-effective price, reducing the time and expense of early-stage solution validation, according to the company.
The myCobot Pro 450 supports open-source development of both hardware and software, allowing for advanced customization and secondary development, it said. The cobot provides low-level access to joint motor interfaces, enabling real-time acquisition of key operational parameters such as position and velocity. Elephant Robotics said it offers a solid data foundation for precise control strategy design and algorithm optimization.
Finally, the cobot comes with a complete URDF (Unified Robot Description Format) model and is compatible with mainstream simulation platforms like ROS 2, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, and MuJoCo, so developers can easily create virtual testing environments, said Elephant Robotics.
With support for both Python and C++, and over 90 built-in standard control interface libraries covering status queries, joint space motion control, and Cartesian space motion control, the myCobot Pro 450 can significantly boost development efficiency, the company said.
