diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8548bd1..4f05e92 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nalgebra",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -248,6 +249,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03468839009160513471e86a034bb2c5c0e4baae3b43f79ffc55c4a5427b3297"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.17.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab0dcea..fbae963 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 
 [dependencies]
 nalgebra = "0.32.5"
-
-[dev-dependencies]
+thiserror = "1.0.58"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index de464ed..3178f3b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 pub mod parameters;
 pub mod parameters_robots;
+pub mod parameters_from_file;
+
 pub mod utils;
 pub mod kinematic_traits;
 pub mod kinematics_impl;
diff --git a/src/parameters_from_file.rs b/src/parameters_from_file.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d96f913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parameters_from_file.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::path::Path;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use crate::parameters::opw_kinematics::Parameters;
+
+/// https://github.com/ros-industrial/fanuc/blob/3ea2842baca3184cc621071b785cbf0c588a4046/fanuc_m16ib_support/config/opw_parameters_m16ib20.yaml
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum ParametersError {
+    #[error("Failed to read the robot description file")]
+    FileReadError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("failed to parse YAML in robot description file")]
+    YamlParseError(#[from] serde_yaml::Error),
+}
+
+impl Parameters {
+    pub fn from_yaml_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, ParametersError> {
+        let mut file = File::open(path)?;
+        let mut contents = String::new();
+        file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+        let deserialized: YamlParameters = serde_yaml::from_str(&contents)?;
+
+        Ok(Parameters {
+            a1: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.a1,
+            a2: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.a2,
+            b: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.b,
+            c1: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.c1,
+            c2: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.c2,
+            c3: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.c3,
+            c4: deserialized.opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters.c4,
+            offsets: deserialized.opw_kinematics_joint_offsets,
+            sign_corrections: deserialized.opw_kinematics_joint_sign_corrections,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Helper struct for deserialization
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct YamlParameters {
+    opw_kinematics_geometric_parameters: GeometricParameters,
+    opw_kinematics_joint_offsets: [f64; 6],
+    opw_kinematics_joint_sign_corrections: [i8; 6],
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct GeometricParameters {
+    a1: f64,
+    a2: f64,
+    b: f64,
+    c1: f64,
+    c2: f64,
+    c3: f64,
+    c4: f64,
+}
+
+// Utility function for degree to radian conversion, if needed
+fn deg(degree: f64) -> f64 {
+    degree * std::f64::consts::PI / 180.0
+}
diff --git a/src/parameters_robots.rs b/src/parameters_robots.rs
index 8cc6850..e6456b1 100644
--- a/src/parameters_robots.rs
+++ b/src/parameters_robots.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub mod opw_kinematics {
                 sign_corrections: [1; 6],
             }
         }
-
+       
         pub fn irb2400_10() -> Self {
             Parameters {
                 a1: 0.100,