To provide a transfer robot which can transfer a work such as a large panel from one side to the other side, without making a turning operation.

The transfer robot 1 comprises slide arms 13, 14 which are slidable in the work transfer direction 11, slide hands 15, 16 which are so supported as to be slidable on the slide arms, arm slide mechanism 30 for sliding the slide arms 13, 14 in the work transfer direction 11, and hand slide mechanism 40 for sliding the slide hands 15, 16 in the same direction as those of the slide arms 13, 14 in linkage with the slide arms. The total quantity of sliding of the slide hands 15, 16 is the slide by the slide arms and the slide by the slide hands themselves combined, making a sufficiently long transfer of the slide hands available. Due to this mechanism, a work such as a large glass panel can be transferred from one side to the other side, with only a linear sliding operation without having to make a turning operation.