The invention relates to a hybrid robot for a wide variety of applications in the handling of work pieces, in the packaging industry, wafer handling and for applications in processes which can be automated, wherein the hybrid robot has the following features: a spatially fixed mounting plate; three linear actuators arranged between the spatially fixed mounting plate and a multi-functional universal joint; - a parallelism holder, which has a bottom coupling plate and a top coupling plate, wherein the bottom coupling plate is connected to the spatially-fixed mounting plate by parallel coupling rods, attached in a jointed manner, and is held constantly parallel thereto, wherein the bottom coupling plate is connected to the top coupling plate by a linear guide fastened perpendicular thereto; - a spatial orientation unit attached to the top coupling plate, for a tool - two sets of three drive shafts, each mounted inside the other, which are driven by three gear motors fastened to the spatially fixed mounting plate, and drive the spatial orientation unit, wherein the first set extends from the spatially fixed mounting plate, parallel to the coupling rods, to the bottom coupling plate, wherein the second set are coupled from the bottom coupling plate via the linear guide to the top coupling plate by a multi-axis universal joint, which secures the directional change of each of the three drive shafts via three four-joint chains nested within each other, the four joints of which have a rotation axis intersecting at a common point of intersection a spatially fixed mounting plate; three linear actuators arranged between the spatially fixed mounting plate and a multi-functional universal joint; - a parallelism holder, which has a bottom coupling plate and a top coupling plate, wherein the bottom coupling plate is connected to the spatially-fixed mounting plate by parallel coupling rods, attached in a jointed manner, and is held constantly parallel thereto, wherein the bottom coupling plate is connected to the top coupling plate by a linear guide fastened perpendicular thereto; - a spatial orientation unit attached to the top coupling plate, for a tool - two sets of three drive shafts, each mounted inside the other, which are driven by three gear motors fastened to the spatially fixed mounting plate, and drive the spatial orientation unit, wherein the first set extends from the spatially fixed mounting plate, parallel to the coupling rods, to the bottom coupling plate, wherein the second set are coupled from the bottom coupling plate via the linear guide to the top coupling plate by a multi-axis universal joint, which secures the directional change of each of the three drive shafts via three four-joint chains nested within each other, the four joints of which have a rotation axis intersecting at a common point of intersection - a parallelism holder, which has a bottom coupling plate and a top coupling plate, wherein the bottom coupling plate is connected to the spatially-fixed mounting plate by parallel coupling rods, attached in a jointed manner, and is held constantly parallel thereto, wherein the bottom coupling plate is connected to the top coupling plate by a linear guide fastened perpendicular thereto; - a spatial orientation unit attached to the top coupling plate, for a tool - two sets of three drive shafts, each mounted inside the other, which are driven by three gear motors fastened to the spatially fixed mounting plate, and drive the spatial orientation unit, wherein the first set extends from the spatially fixed mounting plate, parallel to the coupling rods, to the bottom coupling plate, wherein the second set are coupled from the bottom coupling plate via the linear guide to the top coupling plate by a multi-axis universal joint, which secures the directional change of each of the three drive shafts via three four-joint chains nested within each other, the four joints of which have a rotation axis intersecting at a common point of intersection