Abstract: A skill-based robot programming apparatus is disclosed including a master DB for storing a work cell item including a robot or a peripheral and having a relevant parameter and a master skill, which is a set of commands for driving the work cell item, a work cell manager for selecting a work cell item to be used among the work cell items stored in the master DB, and inputting a parameter of the selected work cell item, a work cell engine for searching the master skill relevant to the selected work cell item from the master DB, and generating a user skill by applying at least one parameter among the parameters of the selected work cell item to the searched master skill, a user DB for storing the selected work cell item and the user skill, and a task builder for generating a task that the robot should work.