Manipulator and robot

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automatic grabbing equipment, and particularly relates to a manipulator and a robot, the manipulator comprises a mechanical arm, a mechanical gripper and a hollow rotating platform connecting the mechanical arm and the mechanical gripper, the mechanical arm is provided with a plurality of mechanical joints, and a plurality of rotating shafts are formed; the mechanical gripper is used for grabbing a product; and the hollow rotating platform is used for realizing infinite rotation of the mechanical gripper around the rotating shaft at the tail end of the mechanical arm in positive and negative directions. Position conversion of the mechanical gripper is achieved through posture conversion of joint movement of a mechanical arm, a hollow rotating platform is arranged at a tail end rotating shaft, the rotating plane of the hollow rotating platform is parallel to the rotating plane of the tail end rotating shaft, a certain distance is formed between the rotating p