maxonActuators and joint modules · Switzerland
Supplier · actuators and joint modules
maxon
maxon is a Swiss maker of precision drives that now sells complete joint modules for humanoids and quadrupeds. It is a named technology partner on Hexagon's AEON humanoid and built a custom drive for ANYbotics' ANYmal.
- Category
- Actuators and joint modules
- Country
- Switzerland
- Founded
- 1961
- Reported customers
- 4Named by the press or the companies
- Robots
- 9Name it in their parts
- Listed
- —Not published
What it makes
From the company's own description and the sources below.
- Makes
- Precision DC and brushless motors, gearheads and integrated joint actuators for humanoid and legged robot joints.
- Parts
- Coreless and miniature motors, Frameless motor, Servo drive
- Tier
- Parts and modules
- Founded
- 1961
- Products
- High Efficiency Joint (HEJ 90), High Precision Joint (HPJ), EC frameless DT motors, EC-i 40, TSX MAG encoder
Reported customers
Supply deals and partnerships as reported by the companies or the press.
AEONHexagonactuators for locomotion · 2025-06Hexagon's launch release says maxon's next-generation actuators power AEON's locomotion. Hexagon (press release via Kyodo News PR Wire)
ANYmal XANYboticscustom drive systemmaxon says it developed a customized drive system for the latest ANYmal, built around its EC flat DT motor and a series elastic actuator. maxon group
Mirokaï (Miroki / Miroka)Enchanted ToolsEC-i motors, ECX Torque motors and planetary gearboxesMaxon names Enchanted Tools and identifies ECi 40 motors with planetary gearboxes and 22 mm ECX Torque motors. maxon
Reachy 2Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)motors and encoders integrated in Orbita jointsMaxon's French case describes working with Pollen Robotics and integrating its motors and encoders into Reachy's Orbita joint architecture. maxon
Named in robots' parts lists
Quotes are from each robot's parts profile, which links its sources.
- AEONHexagon · 2025Pilot use
“maxon actuators power locomotion;”
SyntroWorkFar · 2024Commercial“Maxon motors with Harmonic Drive gearing;”
RH5DFKI Robotics Innovation Center · 2021Retired“34 DoF with series-parallel hybrid actuation: high-torque BLDC RoboDrive motors with Harmonic Drive gears for shoulders, torso yaw, hip yaw/roll, elbow and wrist roll, and BLDC-plus-ball-screw linear drives in parallel mechanisms for hip pitch, torso pitch/roll, knees and ankles (17 HarmonicDrive un”
MoxiDiligent Robotics · 2018Commercial“Kinova Jaco2 arm, Maxon brushed DC motors and Dynamixel motors;”
DRC-HUBOKAIST (Team KAIST) with Rainbow Robotics · 2015Retired“Maxon EC-Powermax 30 and RE-Max 29 motors.”
Surena IIIUniversity of Tehran, Center for Advanced Systems and Technologies (CAST) · 2015Retired“31 servomotors: Maxon brushless DC motors with harmonic drives and timing belt-pulley systems in the hips and legs;”
RoboyUniversity of Zurich AI Lab · 2013Retired“48 Maxon brushless DC motors with EPOS 2 controllers pulling artificial tendons, with series elastic springs for compliance;”
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useFLASHWroclaw University of Technology (Jan Kedzierski) · 2012Discontinued
“Maxon brushed DC motors;”
TUlipDelft University of Technology · 2008Retired“16 motors: 12 Maxon 60 W brushed DC motors (compliant, force-controlled) and 4 Dynamixel servomotors.”
Sources
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