A multipurpose robot arm having a controller configured to control the motion hereof during an operation process according to a plurality of basic operation commands Wherein the robot controller is configured to control the multipurpose robot arm in a standard mode of operation according to a first subset of the basic operation commands and in an application specific operation mode during part of the robot arm operation process according to a second subset of the basic operation commands. Wherein basic operation commands of the second subset are at least partly comprised by the first subset and wherein at least one of the operation parameters of the second subset is limited by a application operation value. Wherein the application operation value is defined by a desired property of the operation of the multipurpose robot arm in the application specific operation mode.