maxon
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About maxon
maxon engineers complete motion chains for robots, combining brushed and brushless motors, planetary or strain-wave gearheads, encoders, brakes and positioning controllers. Its High Efficiency and High Precision joint families cover torque outputs from very small mechanisms to hundreds of newton-metres, with options for integrated electronics, joint bearings, torque sensing, EtherCAT connectivity and IP67 protection.
EC flat and ECX flat motors provide high torque density in constrained joints, while GPX gearheads and EPOS4 controllers handle reduction, positioning and speed regulation. Customers can buy catalogue components, configurable motor-gearhead combinations or custom mechatronic assemblies. The drives serve humanoids, quadrupeds, mobile manipulators, surgical robots, prostheses, industrial arms and space mechanisms, including motors used in NASA's Perseverance rover sample-handling system.
Products
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- VAC
Inbound - materials and robotics supply chain - VAC supplied PERMENORM 5000 V5 soft-magnetic alloy for maxon EC 22 motors
Source - Mecademic Industrial Robotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies micromotors integrated in Mecademic's Meca500
Source - Vitirover
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Vitirover integrates four maxon DCX 22 L motors with GP 32 C gearheads for wheel drive
Source - Invert Robotics
Outbound - Actuation And Motion Control - maxon EC45 flat motors, GP42C gearheads and ESCON controllers powered Invert Robotics inspection-robot wheel drives
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XH540-W270 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XD430-T210 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XW540-T260 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XH540-V150 actuator
Source - Virtual Incision
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Virtual Incision's MIRA surgical system incorporates maxon ECX SPEED 6 and 8 mm motors inside its arms
Source - NASA
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplied nine EC 32 motors plus an EC 20 motor and GP 22 UP gearhead for Perseverance
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XH430-V350 actuator
Source - Flyby Robotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Flyby Robotics F-11 Series incorporates four maxon propulsion motors
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XD540-T150 actuator
Source - WorkFar
Outbound - actuation and motion control - WorkFar specifies maxon motors in the current Syntro humanoid
Source - Invictus Robotics
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon supplies flat EC motors and EPOS4 controllers for the six arm joints on Invictus Robotics' AERAS inspection drone
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XH540-W150 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XD540-T270 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XW540-T140 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XH540-V270 actuator
Source - Vitirover
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Vitirover integrates three maxon DCX 32 L motors to drive its mowing blades
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XW430-T333 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XW430-T200 actuator
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - ROBOTIS integrates a maxon coreless motor in its DYNAMIXEL XD430-T350 actuator
Source - E-TERRY
Outbound - Motion - E-TERRY’s prototype uses maxon IDX and wheel drives plus a MiniMACS6-AMP4 controller
Source - ANYbotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon develops and produces actuators for ANYbotics ANYmal inspection robots
Source - Shadow Robot
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Shadow Robot DEX-EE uses 15 maxon DCX16 motors, with five motors per finger
Source - Flybotix
Outbound - Motion - maxon co-developed performance-optimized BLDC motors used in the Flybotix ASIO inspection drone
Source - Intuitive
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Intuitive's da Vinci S HD uses maxon RE 13, RE 25 and RE 35 motors, with GP 13 gearheads on its RE 13 drives
Source - ddrobotec
Outbound - robotic motion components - ddrobotec uses maxon EC 45 and EC 90 flat motors, a planetary drive and ESCON 50/5 controller
Source - NASA
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Six maxon DCX motors controlled rotor-blade pitch on NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter
Source - YLOG
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies nine maxon motors per AiV autonomous vehicle to YLOG
Source - Solinas Integrity
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Maxon provides Solinas sewer-inspection robots with a customized DCX motor, GPX gearbox and encoder drive
Source - Shark Robotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Shark Robotics Colossus uses 19 maxon France products, including motors for its motorised arms
Source - NASA
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Each NASA Spirit and Opportunity rover used 35 maxon DC motors for mobility, control and its robotic arm
Source - Samsung Heavy Industries
Outbound - Control - Samsung Heavy Industries tested its ship outlook camera actuator with a maxon EPOS4 50/5 controller
Source - KUKA
Outbound - Motion Control - KUKA’s youBot platform integrates maxon brushless motors, planetary gearheads and encoders across its arm and mobile base
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - Motion Control - ROBOTIS Dynamixel actuators used in the DARwIn-OP platform integrate maxon RE-max motors
Source - Future Robotics Technology Center
Outbound - Motion - maxon supplies motors, gearheads and encoders for the Quince rescue robot
Source - Harmonic Bionics
Outbound - Motion - maxon supplies motors, gear reducers and ESCON controllers for the Harmonic Bionics Harmony SHR exoskeleton
Source - Trexo Robotics
Outbound - robotic motion components - Trexo robotic legs use four maxon EC 45 flat motors with GP 42 C gearheads and MILE encoders
Source - Andrew Alliance
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Andrew Alliance Andrew+ robots use maxon EC45 Flat motors in arm joints
Source - Foccus Innovation
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Foccus Innovation’s earthworm robot prototype uses maxon motors, GPX gearheads, encoders and controllers
Source - Angel Robotics
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon supplies EC 22 motors and ESCON 50/8 controllers for WalkON Suit ankles, plus EC 45 motors and MILE encoders for Angel Robotics joints
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon coreless motor is integrated in ROBOTIS XH430-W350 actuators
Source - Ibass
Outbound - Motion - maxon RE motors and planetary gearheads drive the Ibass seawater pipe-inspection robot
Source - XSun
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon supplies two adapted ECX 87 flat motors installed on XSun's autonomous long-range SolarXOne solar UAV
Source - INTEGRA Biosciences
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon delivered EC-max motors for INTEGRA electronic pipettes through an expedited order during the 2020 pandemic
Source - Asyril
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon supplies the three EC-i 40 brushless DC motors that drive the parallel kinematics of Asyril's Pocket Delta microrobot
Source - The Robot Studio
Outbound - actuation and motion control - The Robot Studio HOPE uses maxon EC-i 40 and EC 90 flat motors plus EPOS4 controllers
Source - Tractonomy Robotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies four EC60 flat motors with integrated encoders for Tractonomy ATR1 wheel drives
Source - Fourier Intelligence
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Fourier uses maxon electric motors in the ExoMotus X2 rehabilitation exoskeleton
Source - Ross Robotics
Outbound - Motion Control - Ross Robotics modular remotely operated vehicles use maxon EC flat motors and gearheads in their hub-drive modules
Source - Inuktun
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies motors and gearheads for inspection crawler modules and cameras to Inuktun
Source - iPEK
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplied motors for iPEK's ROVION, SuperVision and ROVVER inspection robots
Source - Lifeward / ReWalk Robotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - The earlier ReWalk 6.0 configuration used maxon RE 40 motors and GP 42 C planetary gearheads
Source - SeaRobotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - SeaRobotics HullBUG used maxon EC 45 and EC 90 flat brushless motors in its underwater hull-cleaning system
Source - New Scale Robotics
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon EC-20 Flat motor is integrated in New Scale Robotics NSR-PG-10-20 precision parallel grippers for collaborative-robot metrology
Source - Enchanted Tools
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplied EC-i40 motors and planetary gearboxes for Mirokai ballbot prototypes and ECX Torque motors for other axes
Source - Rex Bionics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies ten RE 40 motors per robotic exoskeleton to Rex Bionics
Source - Engineered Arts
Outbound - Actuation And Motion Control - maxon documents A-max and RE-max motors with planetary gearheads in RoboThespian's hands, arms and torso
Source - SEAMOR Marine
Outbound - Motion - maxon drives actuate SEAMOR ROV grippers and camera-angle adjustment
Source - RB3D
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon supplied the motors and complete drive system for RB3D Cobot 7A 15, including gearheads, encoders and EPOS controllers
Source - Samsung Heavy Industries
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Samsung Heavy Industries tested its ship outlook camera actuator with a maxon EC frameless 90 motor
Source - Hexagon
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon actuators are part of the Hexagon AEON humanoid robotics collaboration
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon coreless motor is integrated in ROBOTIS XH430-W210 actuators
Source - National Taiwan Normal University
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies motors and controllers for lower-extremity exoskeleton to National Taiwan Normal University
Source - WIRobotics
Outbound - robotic motion components - maxon and WIRobotics jointly develop actuation technology; maxon motors are integrated with WIRobotics reducers in the ALLEX humanoid
Source - C-Log
Outbound - Motion Actuation - C-Log autonomous logistics robots use Maxon EC-i 40 motors and EPOS 4 controllers
Source - Pollen Robotics
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies motors and gearboxes to Pollen Robotics for Orbita joints in the Reachy 2 robot platform
Source - SoftBank Robotics Group
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplies 39 maxon DC motors including RE 40, RE 25 and DCX drives for SoftBank Robotics Romeo humanoid robot
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - Motion Actuation - maxon coreless motor is integrated in ROBOTIS XH430-V210-R
Source - KAWADA Robotics Corporation
Outbound - actuation and motion control - KAWADA Robotics uses maxon drives in multiple robot systems
Source - F&P Robotics
Outbound - Actuation And Motion Control - maxon documents one brushless EC 45 flat or EC 90 flat motor in each P-Rob joint
Source - Auris Health
Outbound - actuation and motion control - In Q3 2011, Maxon Motor AG was Hansen Medical's sole motor supplier for Sensei and Magellan
Source - Xi'an Chaoren Robots
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Xi'an Chaoren Robots used sixteen maxon brushless motors in each third-generation humanoid android
Source - Eelume
Outbound - actuation and motion control - maxon supplied brushless DC motors with custom gearheads for Eelume's Eelume modular underwater snake robot
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Team
- Eugen Elmiger - CEO
Timeline
Events
- 2026-06-03 - Partnership - maxon and Pegatron unveil SIMBA II quadruped collaboration
SIMBA II integrates HEJ 90, which combines the motor, gearbox and control components in one compact joint module. The collaboration pairs maxon’s precision-drive expertise with Pegatron’s system design, integration and scalable manufacturing capabilities. Pegatron designed SIMBA II as a modular quadruped with edge-AI compute and configurable sensors or payloads for inspection and industrial-site work.
Source - 2025-07-15 - Partnership - maxon Group acquires minority stake in Synapticon
maxon Group acquired a minority stake in Synapticon, a provider of intelligent motion-control solutions with integrated safety functions. The companies plan to develop high-performance drive solutions with integrated functional safety. Synapticon motion-control products are used in robotic arms, autonomous transport systems and complex industrial machinery.
Source - 2025-01-08 - Partnership - maxon supplies drive systems for Enchanted Tools Mirokaï robots
maxon helped Enchanted Tools select the drive components for its Miroki/Mirokaï robot platform under a compressed prototype schedule. The ball-drive system used EC-i 40 motors with planetary gearboxes, while other axes used 22-millimetre ECX Torque brushless motors. After the prototype phase, maxon continued supporting axis-by-axis specification work for the planned industrial-production design.
Source - 2024-11-25 - Product Launch - maxon launches 2024 product innovations including new robotic drive developments
maxon announced a set of 2024 product innovations and further developments across its drive portfolio. The release ties the batch to expanding robotics, automation, and precision-motion applications. The page consolidates named new-drive introductions on an official launch surface rather than relying on a static catalog alone.
Source - 2024-11-03 - Demonstration - The Robot Studio demonstrates HOPE with maxon actuation
The first complete prototype stands two metres tall and can move and balance for up to one hour. Each arm uses four EC-i 40 drives, supplemented by six EC 90 flat motors elsewhere in the platform. EPOS4 positioning controllers manage the motor-control layer.
Source - 2024-11-03 - Demonstration - maxon presents humanoid robot prototype HOPE and product highlights at SPS 2024
maxon announced it would present the first complete prototype of the humanoid robot HOPE at SPS 2024 in Nuremberg. The appearance is a concrete system-level demonstration of actuator technology rather than a component-only datasheet update.
Source - 2024-09-10 - Product Launch - maxon introduces ESCON2 control platform for applications including logistics robots
maxon introduced the ESCON2 servo-controller platform together with Motion Studio software as a new control stack for diverse motion applications. Positioning explicitly includes use cases from basic fans through advanced logistics robots. The launch extends maxon's actuation story from motors and gearheads into an integrated control platform for robotic systems.
Source - 2023-12-22 - Facility Opening - Parvalux opens new motor and gearbox factory
The move consolidated operations from the company’s longstanding Wallisdown sites. The facility includes more than 1,500 solar panels. Maxon chairman Karl-Walter Braun cut the ribbon at the opening.
Source - 2023-11-02 - Deployment - C-Log opens automated Digital Hub with 240 mobile robots
The site covers about 18,000 square metres. A fleet of 240 mobile robots supports apparel and ecommerce handling. The operation was designed for continuous fulfilment and rapid online-order dispatch.
Source - 2023-04-13 - Product Launch - maxon brings new product innovations to Hannover Messe 2023
maxon announced it would present its latest product developments and the 2023/2024 catalog at Hannover Messe 2023. The company framed the showcase around precision drive systems for robotics, automation, and other advanced-motion markets. The item is a discrete trade-show product presentation rather than a static catalog-only reference.
Source - 2023-01-01 - Partnership - maxon supports Floating Robotics tomato-boxing system
The Young Engineers Program support began in January 2023. The support was directed at development of the robot's tomato-boxing subsystem. The programme linked the greenhouse automation project with maxon's engineering-support ecosystem.
Source - 2021-05-21 - Partnership - maxon and Auterion announce integrated drone propulsion and avionics partnership
The integration targeted small, medium and heavy-lift aircraft using an open software-defined architecture. The partners planned work on propulsion-to-autopilot communication, data sharing and real-time monitoring. The announcement described a component ecosystem for drone builders, not a completed aircraft procurement or standard bill of materials.
Source - 2019-09-12 - Capability - Foccus Innovation details pipe-rehabilitation robot prototype
The robot uses more than 12 brushed and brushless drive units to reproduce segmented peristaltic movement. Its controller supplies vibration feedback and high-resolution 4K imagery to the operator. maxon supported drive selection and supplied motors for prototype testing through its Young Engineers Program.
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Relations
Relationships
- Bosch Rexroth
Compatible Integration - Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX interoperability list records maxon IDX70 and MiniMACS6 drives as successfully tested with the ctrlX EtherCAT Master.
- Parvalux
Parent Company - maxon acquired Parvalux in 2018; Parvalux continues to operate as a maxon group company.
Context
Comparable profiles
- CubeMars
comparable profile - Frameless Torque Motor Supplier · Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- TQ-RoboDrive
comparable profile - Frameless Torque Motor Supplier
- Alva Industries
comparable profile - Frameless Torque Motor Supplier
- Schaeffler AG
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- Ti5 Robot
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- Harmonic Drive LLC
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- Tuopu Group
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- HLabs
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- TC Drive
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- DAMIAO
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- HEBI Robotics
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
- Hitec Commercial Solutions
comparable profile - Robot Joint Actuator Supplier
Shared workflows
- Wanxiang Qianchao
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
- HARIBIT
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
- Eyou Robot Technology
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
- SigGear
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
- Newstart Gear Motion
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
- Lingyi iTech
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
- Langxin Electric
workflow adjacency - Humanoid Joint Actuation
Context tags
- Frameless torque motor supplier - Peer Group - EC frameless HT and DT motor families establish the motor-kit supplier identity. Official evidence: https://www.maxongroup.com/de-de/antriebe-und-systeme/buerstenlose-dc-motoren
- Integrated robot-joint actuator supplier - Peer Group - Official maxon material documents complete HEJ robot-joint systems integrating motor, planetary gears, electronics and sensing. https://global.maxongroup.com/high-efficiency-joints
- Compact high-torque actuation - Capability - maxon compact motors provide high-torque-density actuation.
- Actuator component supplier - Stack Layer - maxon supplies actuator components for robotic systems.
- Component supply - Commercial Stage - Core business: precision motor and drive components
- Robot actuation components - Stack Layer - Motors and drives for robot joint actuation
- Integrated motion system supplier - Stack Layer - maxon provides integrated motor-drive-control motion systems.
- Humanoid joint actuation - Workflow - maxon motors are used in humanoid and legged robot joint actuation.
- Exoskeleton motion components - Workflow - maxon motors are used in powered exoskeleton motion systems.
- Robotics motion-component supply layer - Stack Layer - Supplies motors and drive systems for robot actuation
- Robot joint actuation - Capability - Core product: DC motors and drives for robot actuation
- Motion components - Stack Layer - Precision motion components and drive systems
- Factories - Customer Environment - Manufacturing and industrial production environments
- Robot joint supply chain - Customer Environment - maxon serves the robot joint and humanoid motion supply chain.