Abstract: An industrial robot with parallel kinematics is proposed which is equipped with a robot base (1), a carrier element (2) for receiving a gripper, a tool or a machine element, at least two moveable actuating units (4), one of which ends is connected to actuating-unit drives (6) arranged on the robot base (1) and the other end is moveably connected to the carrier element (2), a telescope (13) that is moveably arranged between the robot base (1) and the carrier element (2), a first joint (17) with multiple degrees of freedom, by means of which joint the telescope (13) is moveably held on the robot base (1), a second joint (23) with multiple degrees of freedom, by means of which joint the telescope (13) is moveably held on the carrier element (2), whereby the position of the first joint (17) can be displaceably arranged relative to the robot base (1).