Vacuum handling device for suctioning, lifting, displacing, lowering and/or placing objects, which device is designed as a collaborating robot, comprising: a vacuum generating device or a connection interface to a vacuum supply device, a robot control device, a plurality of links (16, 18) which are hingedly connected to one another and/or are adjustable with respect to one another in a translatory manner and which form a robot arm, a plurality of drive devices (24, 25) for moving the links (16, 18) of the robot arm which are hingedly connected to one another or the links of the robot arm which are adjustable with respect to one another in a translatory manner, the movable links (16, 18) of the robot arm being arranged vertically above a occupied area of an operator in the collaborative operation of the robot, a suction gripper device, to which a suction gripper can be connected or which forms or comprises a suction gripper on which the object to be handled can be suctioned, the suction gripper device comprising control members for controlling the supply of vacuum to a suction gripper, a lifting tube, which can be subjected to vacuum, as a translational drive for carrying out a vertical adjustment movement along a Z-axis, having a first connection interface of the lifting tube to a link of the robot and having a second connection interface of the lifting tube to the suction gripper device, characterized in that the lifting tube is designed to be rigid and torsion-resistant, so that movements transverse to the Z-axis caused by the robot cannot lead to a pendulum movement of the suction gripper device with the suctioned object, the suction gripper device optionally being designed for automatic control operation by the robot control device and optionally for manual operation by an operator and having manual operating elements for this purpose, and a length-adjustable telescopic guide device which reinforces the vertical Z-axis being provided at or within the lifting tube. a vacuum generating device or a connection interface to a vacuum supply device, a robot control device, a plurality of links (16, 18) which are hingedly connected to one another and/or are adjustable with respect to one another in a translatory manner and which form a robot arm, a plurality of drive devices (24, 25) for moving the links (16, 18) of the robot arm which are hingedly connected to one another or the links of the robot arm which are adjustable with respect to one another in a translatory manner, the movable links (16, 18) of the robot arm being arranged vertically above a occupied area of an operator in the collaborative operation of the robot, a suction gripper device, to which a suction gripper can be connected or which forms or comprises a suction gripper on which the object to be handled can be suctioned, the suction gripper device comprising control members for controlling the supply of vacuum to a suction gripper, a lifting tube, which can be subjected to vacuum, as a translational drive for carrying out a vertical adjustment movement along a Z-axis, having a first connection interface of the lifting tube to a link of the robot and having a second connection interface of the lifting tube to the suction gripper device, characterized in that the lifting tube is designed to be rigid and torsion-resistant, so that movements transverse to the Z-axis caused by the robot cannot lead to a pendulum movement of the suction gripper device with the suctioned object, the suction gripper device optionally being designed for automatic control operation by the robot control device and optionally for manual operation by an operator and having manual operating elements for this purpose, and a length-adjustable telescopic guide device which reinforces the vertical Z-axis being provided at or within the lifting tube.