Abstract
A robot apparatus includes: an arm part including a fixed element 54 and a plurality of linear motion elements assembled in multiple stages extendably with respect to the fixed element; a movement drive mechanism for driving movement of a foremost linear motion element among the plurality of linear motion elements; and a position identification unit for identifying a position of at least one linear motion element of the plurality of linear motion elements other than the foremost linear motion element with respect to the fixed element or the foremost linear motion element.