There is provided an industrial robot having no interference of a cable for an end effector or the like with a peripheral apparatus.An end effector 5 is fixed to a wrist flange 4 through an intermediate member 6. The intermediate member 6 takes the shape of a crankshaft in which a first flange 6a attached directly to the wrist flange 4, a second flange 6b provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange 6a and attached directly to the end effector 5, and two members 6c and 6d for coupling the first and second flanges 6a and 6b are arranged symmetrically.