{
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "fysical.ai / whatro.bot",
  "source": "https://github.com/fysical-ai/whatrobot-catalog",
  "url": "https://whatro.bot/robot/agilex-piper/",
  "html": "https://whatro.bot/robot/agilex-piper/",
  "taxonomy_version": "2026-01",
  "catalog_version": "2026-01",
  "handle": "agilex-piper",
  "name": "PiPER",
  "kind": "robot",
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    "handle": "agilex",
    "name": "AgileX Robotics",
    "country": "CN"
  },
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    "full_name": "Robot > Arm > Articulated arm",
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        "id": "rb",
        "name": "Robot",
        "handle": "robot"
      },
      {
        "id": "rb-1",
        "name": "Arm",
        "handle": "arm"
      },
      {
        "id": "rb-1-1",
        "name": "Articulated arm",
        "handle": "articulated"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://whatro.bot/robots/arm/articulated/"
  },
  "facts": {
    "fixed_base": true,
    "manipulates": true,
    "arm_kinematics": "articulated"
  },
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    {
      "name": "PiPER",
      "note": "626 mm reach, 1.5 kg, 4.2 kg"
    },
    {
      "name": "PiPER-X",
      "note": "669 mm reach, spherical wrist, 4.5 kg"
    },
    {
      "name": "PiPER-L",
      "note": "750 mm reach, 4.5 kg"
    },
    {
      "name": "PiPER-H",
      "note": "636 mm reach, 2 kg payload, 4.5 kg"
    }
  ],
  "availability": "shipping",
  "attributes": {
    "segment": [
      "research",
      "education",
      "professional"
    ],
    "application": [
      "research-platform",
      "education",
      "handling"
    ],
    "autonomy": "teleoperated",
    "environment": [
      "indoor"
    ],
    "mass": 4.2,
    "payload": 1.5,
    "sdk": [
      "python",
      "ros1",
      "ros2"
    ],
    "axes": 6,
    "reach": 626,
    "repeatability": 0.1,
    "arm_count": 1,
    "mounting": [
      "table"
    ]
  },
  "summary": "PiPER is AgileX's lightweight 6-axis research arm: 1.5 kg payload, 626 mm reach, ±0.1 mm repeatability and 4.2 kg mass, running on 24 V DC over CAN. It is sold with an optional gripper and teach pendant and is widely used as an affordable manipulator for ROS and imitation-learning work, with longer-reach (L), higher-payload (H) and spherical-wrist (X) variants.",
  "links": {
    "product": "https://global.agilex.ai/products/piper"
  },
  "offers": [
    {
      "seller": "Robotics Center",
      "url": "https://www.roboticscenter.ai/store/product/agilex-agilex-piper",
      "price": 3500,
      "currency": "USD",
      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "affiliate": false
    },
    {
      "seller": "Génération Robots",
      "url": "https://www.generationrobots.com/en/404258-6-axis-robotic-arm-piper.html",
      "price": 2040,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "region": "EU",
      "affiliate": false,
      "note": "incl. VAT after 15% discount (list €2,400; €1,700 excl. VAT); gripper separate at €255"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "AgileX PiPER product page",
      "url": "https://global.agilex.ai/products/piper",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "specs",
        "facts",
        "variants"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Robotics Center compare page",
      "url": "https://www.roboticscenter.ai/compare/robot-arms",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "price"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Génération Robots PiPER listing",
      "url": "https://www.generationrobots.com/en/404258-6-axis-robotic-arm-piper.html",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "price",
        "specs"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "release_year",
    "collaborative",
    "open_source"
  ],
  "notes": "Unverified (free text): direct AgileX price. AgileX lists an \"OPEN PiPER\" and a \"Universal Master Arm\" as separate products; the open-source status of the standard PiPER is not stated beyond a GitHub organisation. Arm has no integrated brake (reseller note).",
  "tags": [],
  "price": {
    "amount": 3500,
    "currency": "USD",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "seller": "Robotics Center",
    "url": "https://www.roboticscenter.ai/store/product/agilex-agilex-piper"
  },
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      "unit": null,
      "description": "Buyer groups that would plausibly buy this at list price."
    },
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      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "What the product is marketed to do. Each value belongs to one application group."
    },
    "autonomy": {
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      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Highest level of unsupervised operation supported out of the box."
    },
    "environment": {
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      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Environments the product is rated to operate in."
    },
    "mass": {
      "name": "Mass",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "kg",
      "description": "Product mass as specified."
    },
    "payload": {
      "name": "Payload",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "kg",
      "description": "Rated payload. Arm: at the wrist. Mobile robot: on the deck. End-effector: held object."
    },
    "sdk": {
      "name": "SDK",
      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Officially supported programming interfaces."
    },
    "axes": {
      "name": "Axes",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "count",
      "description": "Number of controlled axes. Arm: joints. Force-torque sensor: measured axes."
    },
    "reach": {
      "name": "Reach",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "mm",
      "description": "Maximum reach of the arm."
    },
    "repeatability": {
      "name": "Repeatability",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "mm",
      "description": "Position repeatability as specified."
    },
    "arm_count": {
      "name": "Arm count",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "count",
      "description": "Number of arms on the product."
    },
    "mounting": {
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      "unit": null,
      "description": "Positions in which an arm can be mounted."
    }
  }
}