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Pick and place robot from China

Pick and place robot is a job, not a machine, so quotes under that name compare a delta, a SCARA, a gantry and a six-axis cobot, and the hard part is choosing the type that fits your part, your rate and how the parts arrive before comparing any price.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 1 October 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Robot type

Delta robots pick light items fast from a moving belt. SCARA arms place accurately on a flat table. Six-axis cobots are slower but flexible and can work near people. Cartesian units suit long, simple moves.

Cycle time on a stated path

SCARA and delta cycle times are usually quoted on a short standard up, across and down path with no load. Ask for the time on your path with your gripper and part.

How parts arrive

A robot needs the part in a known place: a fixture, a feeder, or a camera that finds it. Vision and feeders are often priced apart.

Gripper and payload

Vacuum, fingers or magnets, with the payload counted including the gripper. A 3 kg robot with a 1 kg gripper lifts 2 kg of product.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Your part: samples, weight, size, and surfaces a gripper can hold.
Picks per minute, the pick and place positions, and the distance between them.
How parts arrive: loose, on a belt, in trays or from a feeder.
Placement accuracy needed.
Whether people work beside it without a fence.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

The part is heavy or the move is long, several metres.

A gantry robot, which carries more over long strokes.

You orient small identical parts for one assembly station at a steady rate.

A vibratory bowl feeder with a simple placer, often enough with no robot at all.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 13Thirteen priced pick and place robot listings on one marketplace, checked October 2026, asked from US$2,550 to US$150,000 a piece or set, leaving out one educational arm with an open-ended range. Asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 4Four delta robot listings, checked October 2026, asked US$7,000 to US$150,000. Two six-axis cobot listings stated 3 kg with 500 mm reach and 5 kg with 886.5 mm reach; a separate listing stated a 10 kg payload.
ArithmeticPayload left for product = rated payload minus gripper. 3 kg minus a 1 kg gripper = 2 kg.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Gantry robot. Choose it for heavy parts or long strokes.
Vibratory feeder. Add it to present small parts in a fixed orientation for the robot.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Material handling page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European pick and place robot: how should I compare?+

Same type, same payload, and cycle time on your path with your gripper. Then compare controller, software and local service.

What is on a pick and place robot inspection checklist?+

Timed picks of your parts on your path, missed picks counted, placement measured, safety stop tested, and program backup delivered.

Which standards apply to a pick and place robot?+

EN ISO 10218 for industrial robots, and ISO/TS 15066 for guidance when a cobot works beside people. Ask for the cell risk assessment.

Who is the EU importer?+

The company placing the robot or cell on the EU market. It checks the declaration and adds its name and address.

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