Facts

• Company: Dobot
• Product type: Robotic Arm
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Manipulation
• Website: https://www.dobot-robots.com/products/education/magician-lite.html

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

DOBOT Magician Lite is Dobot compact educational robot arm. It supports drawing, writing, laser engraving, 3D printing and block-based programming, giving schools and learners an accessible platform for robotics, automation and coding basics.

Overview

DOBOT Magician Lite is Dobot compact educational robot arm. It supports drawing, writing, laser engraving, 3D printing and block-based programming, giving schools and learners an accessible platform for robotics, automation and coding basics.

Market context

Desktop education robot arm for STEM, introductory manipulation and classroom robotics workflows.

• Target environment: Classrooms, robotics labs, STEM programs and introductory automation training environments.
• Workflow context: Programming education, pick-and-place demonstrations, basic end-effector work, AI camera exercises and robotics curriculum labs.
• Customer context: Educators, students, robotics clubs, training centers and labs that need a compact low-risk manipulator.
• Deployment model: Commercial desktop education robot sold as part of DOBOT's education ecosystem.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial education product with detailed official specifications and accessory support.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on curriculum fit, software support, educator training, accessory availability and classroom durability.
• Market position: Entry-level DOBOT arm positioned below industrial cobots and above toy-grade learning robots.
• Adjacent products: Dobot Magician, Dobot Magician Go, xArm education kits

Audience

Students

Workflow

Programming education, pick-and-place demonstrations, basic end-effector work, AI camera exercises and robotics curriculum labs.

Capability

manipulation

Deployment environment

Classrooms, robotics labs, STEM programs and introductory automation training environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Students
• Workflow: Programming education, pick-and-place demonstrations, basic end-effector work, AI camera exercises and robotics curriculum labs.
• Capability: manipulation
• Deployment environment: Classrooms, robotics labs, STEM programs and introductory automation training environments.

Specifications

• Form Type: Desktop robotic arm
• Dof: 4
• Weight Kg: 2.4 kg
• Reach Mm: 340 mm
• Payload: 250 g
• Repeatability Mm: ±0.2 mm
• Mobility: N/A (fixed arm)
• Power Consumption W: 60 W max
• Input Power: 12V / 5A DC
• Voltage: 100V – 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
• Working Temperature: -5° to 45° C
• Rear Arm Forearm Mm: 150 mm
• Base Size Mm: 146 mm × 146 mm
• Controller: Magic Box (external control unit)
• Controller Weight G: 98 g
• Controller Dimensions Mm: 95 mm × 80 mm × 21.5 mm
• Mcu: ARM Cortex-M4 (168 MHz)
• Mcu Frequency Mhz: 168 MHz
• Communication: USB Virtual Serial Port / Serial Port
• Safety: Collision detection
• Software Platforms: DobotStudio / DobotLab / Scratch-style programming
• Programming: Graphical + Python (MicroPython supported)
• End Effectors: Soft gripper, Suction cup, Pen holder
• Pen Holder Diameter Mm: 8–12 mm
• Suction Cup Diameter Mm: 10 mm, 20 mm
• Gripper Distance Mm: 50 mm
• Axis1 Base Range Deg: -135° to +135°
• Axis2 Rear Arm Range Deg: -5° to +80°
• Axis3 Forearm Range Deg: -10° to +85°
• Axis4 End Tools Range Deg: -145° to +145°

Tags

• Peer Group: Cobot arm
• Workflow: Box handling
• Capability: Force control
• Deployment Environment: Research lab
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Timeline / Research

• 2026-02-23 - Research Publication - Multimodal LLM HRI paper controls a Dobot Magician arm with speech and video - The paper presents a multimodal human-robot interaction framework for controlling a Dobot Magician robot…
• 2023-07-07 - Deployment - Dobot deploys over 300 Magician Lite robots in Colombian schools - • Dobot, in partnership with Talentum and Lenovo Education, deployed over 300 Magician Lite collaborative robots to more than…

Operations Claims / Customers and deployments

• Deployed Robot Count - over 400 Magician Lite units - 2026-02-04 - Colombian schools - education robotics - Dobot reported more than 400 Magician Lite educational robots deployed across more than 100 schools in remote a…

Comparable Systems

• LARA - Neura Robotics - Robotic Arm
• YuMi (IRB 14000 Dual-arm) - ABB - Robotic Arm
• NEXTAGE - KAWADA Robotics Corporation - Robotic Arm
• DOBOT CR10 - Dobot - Industrial Cobot
• DOBOT CR5 - Dobot - Industrial Cobot