diff --git a/python/example_robot_data/robots_loader.py b/python/example_robot_data/robots_loader.py
index cfa3da654dee2eb75f0a6e1d83be2eb0643a2bb6..2c525afdc0fa9757adb42ff1f29412129fd53d39 100644
--- a/python/example_robot_data/robots_loader.py
+++ b/python/example_robot_data/robots_loader.py
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ from pinocchio.robot_wrapper import RobotWrapper
 
 def getModelPath(subpath, printmsg=False):
     base = '../../../share/example-robot-data'
-    for path in [dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))),
-                 dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))] + [join(p, base.strip('/')) for p in sys.path]:
+    main_dir = dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))
+    for path in [join(dirname(main_dir), 'robots'), join(main_dir, 'robots')
+                 ] + [join(p, base.strip('/')) for p in sys.path]:
         if exists(join(path, subpath.strip('/'))):
             if printmsg:
                 print("using %s as modelPath" % path)