diff --git a/argos/repo/registry.py b/argos/repo/registry.py
index e44fa98..082feb3 100644
--- a/argos/repo/registry.py
+++ b/argos/repo/registry.py
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@ def getDefaultItems(self):
                        iconColor=ICON_COLOR_PANDAS,
                        globs='*.csv'),
 
+            RtiRegItem('Pandas parquet file',
+                       'argos.repo.rtiplugins.pandasio.PandasParquetFileRti',
+                       iconColor=ICON_COLOR_PANDAS,
+                       globs='*.parquet'),
+
+            RtiRegItem('Pandas ipc file',
+                       'argos.repo.rtiplugins.pandasio.PandasIpcFileRti',
+                       iconColor=ICON_COLOR_PANDAS,
+                       globs='*.ipc'),
+
             RtiRegItem('NumPy binary file',
                        'argos.repo.rtiplugins.numpyio.NumpyBinaryFileRti',
                        iconColor=ICON_COLOR_NUMPY,
diff --git a/argos/repo/rtiplugins/pandasio.py b/argos/repo/rtiplugins/pandasio.py
index bb4e369..e9fe685 100644
--- a/argos/repo/rtiplugins/pandasio.py
+++ b/argos/repo/rtiplugins/pandasio.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import logging
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+import polars as pl
 
 from pandas.core.generic import NDFrame
 
@@ -335,17 +336,30 @@ def hasChildren(self):
 
 
     def _openResources(self):
-        """ Uses pandas.read_cs to open the underlying file
+        """ Uses pandas.read_csv to open the underlying file
         """
         self._ndFrame = pd.read_csv(self._fileName, comment='#')
 
-
     def _closeResources(self):
         """ Closes the underlying resources
         """
         self._ndFrame = None
 
+class PandasParquetFileRti(PandasCsvFileRti):
+    """ Reads a parquet into a Pandas DataFrame.
+    """
+    def _openResources(self):
+        """ Uses pandas.read_parquet to open the underlying file
+        """
+        self._ndFrame = pl.read_parquet(self._fileName).with_columns(pl.col(pl.Int128).cast(pl.Utf8), pl.col(pl.UInt128).cast(pl.Utf8)).to_pandas()
 
+class PandasIpcFileRti(PandasCsvFileRti):
+    """ Reads a ipc into a Pandas DataFrame.*.csv;*.parquet;
+    """
+    def _openResources(self):
+        """ Uses pandas.read_ipc to open the underlying file
+        """
+        self._ndFrame = pl.read_ipc(self._fileName).with_columns(pl.col(pl.Int128).cast(pl.Utf8), pl.col(pl.UInt128).cast(pl.Utf8)).to_pandas()
 
 class PandasHdfFileRti(BaseRti):
     """ Reads Pandas data stored in a HDF-5 file.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 361ba96..21d6587 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyqtgraph >= 0.12.4",  # Otherwise LinePlot gives The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous.
     "pgcolorbar >= 1.1.3",
     "cmlib >= 1.1.3",  # Needed, even if no plugins are installed.
+    "polars>=1.8.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ all-formats = [
     "pillow",
     "scipy",
     "pandas",
+    "pyarrow",
     "exdir",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/create_test_data/binTables/binTables.py b/tests/create_test_data/binTables/binTables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..366df2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/create_test_data/binTables/binTables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import polars  as pl
+
+def main():
+    df = pl.DataFrame({
+        "a": [1, 2, 3],
+        "b": ["x", "y", "z"],
+        "d": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
+    })
+    df.write_parquet("example1.parquet")
+    df.write_ipc("example1.ipc")
+    df = df.with_columns(pl.col("b").cast(pl.Categorical))
+    df.write_parquet("example2.parquet")
+    df.write_ipc("example2.ipc")
+    df = df.with_columns(pl.col("a").cast(pl.Int128))
+    df.write_parquet("example3.parquet")
+    df.write_ipc("example3.ipc")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+    
+    
\ No newline at end of file