The introduction consists of texts whose topic is robotics in general, from the early beginnings to modern industrial robots without which it would be hard to even imagine our everyday lives. General robotics also consists of the part which describes the growth tendency as well as market demand, both shown by using diagrams and their interpretation. As the paper is based on mechanical engineering, an industrial robot is also described and divided according to the type of drive i.e. electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic robots. This paper also describes robot structure, the basic manipulator structure and the ways in which to operate the robot. The second part is based on the construction of a 6-axis robot manipulator created with the help of drawings based on several ideas coming from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slavonski Brod. The modeling was carried out in Autodesk Inventor and all the standardized elements, according to the ISO standard, have been used. The final part of the paper consists of cost analysis based on actual price for the necessary parts found on official web pages of the companies which produce them and Croatian stores which sell them. The construction of the robot is conducted by using 3 D printing based on FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) technology which works by heating the material to melting point and then extrudes it in layers. The production time and the amount of necessary material have also been calculated for 3D printing.