Provided is a robot which allows a user to set a parameter, instead of separately providing any specific input section via which the parameter is set. A robot (1) includes (i) a right arm part, (ii) a servomotor, that is a right shoulder pitch, which is configured to drive the right arm part, (iii) an obtaining section (105) which is configured to obtain positional information on a position. of the right arm part which has been operated and (iv) a setting section (107) which is configured to set a value of a predetermined parameter to a value corresponding to the positional information that is obtained by the obtaining section (105).