A robot, compromising: - a base; - a pivot arm, which is articulated on the base and is pivotable about a rotational axis, wherein a mount for a support arm can be provided at a free end of a second part of the pivot arm; - at least one drive unit (6,7) for driving the pivot arm and the possible support arm, and - a plurality of link elements for transmitting the movement to the pivot arm; - wherein a first drive unit is coupled to a first four-bar linkage, wherein a first link element in the form of crank is coupled in rotationally fixed manner to a first drive shaft which is mounted in the base and connected to the drive unit such that this first link element can rotate, in such a way that the pivot arm can be pivoted about the second rotational axis, since a free end of the first link element is coupled to a second link element as a coupling and its free end is coupled to a third link element as a swing arm, whose free end in turn is arranged in a fixed position relative to the base or on the base and thus forms the link elements of the first four-bar linkage, - wherein the first-bar linkage is coupled to a second-four bar linkage such that the second-four bar linkage comprises a link element which corresponds to the third link element of the first four-bar linkage, whose one free end is coupled in a fixed position relative to the base or on the base, and its other end is coupled to a further link element (coupling), characterised in that the pivot arm is in the form of a rocker, and that the end of the further link element opposite to the first four-bar linkage is coupled to a free end of a first part of the pivot arm. - a base; - a pivot arm, which is articulated on the base and is pivotable about a rotational axis, wherein a mount for a support arm can be provided at a free end of a second part of the pivot arm; - at least one drive unit (6,7) for driving the pivot arm and the possible support arm, and - a plurality of link elements for transmitting the movement to the pivot arm; - wherein a first drive unit is coupled to a first four-bar linkage, wherein a first link element in the form of crank is coupled in rotationally fixed manner to a first drive shaft which is mounted in the base and connected to the drive unit such that this first link element can rotate, in such a way that the pivot arm can be pivoted about the second rotational axis, since a free end of the first link element is coupled to a second link element as a coupling and its free end is coupled to a third link element as a swing arm, whose free end in turn is arranged in a fixed position relative to the base or on the base and thus forms the link elements of the first four-bar linkage, - wherein the first-bar linkage is coupled to a second-four bar linkage such that the second-four bar linkage comprises a link element which corresponds to the third link element of the first four-bar linkage, whose one free end is coupled in a fixed position relative to the base or on the base, and its other end is coupled to a further link element (coupling), the pivot arm is in the form of a rocker, and that the end of the further link element opposite to the first four-bar linkage is coupled to a free end of a first part of the pivot arm.