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Xynova Rotary Actuator Series

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About Xynova Rotary Actuator Series

Xynova’s rotary range integrates an internally developed motor, planetary or harmonic reduction, position encoder, thermal design and control electronics within complete joint modules. Published planetary configurations span compact 400-gram units through larger joints producing peak torque up to 600 newton-metres.

The modules are designed around humanoid hips, knees, shoulders and other axes requiring different combinations of speed, torque and diameter. Adaptive control software and APIs coordinate several joints, while integrated cooling and high-density winding support sustained output inside compact limbs. Xynova supplies the actuators alongside linear modules and dexterous hands as a complete humanoid motion stack.

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Timeline

  • Xynova launches rotary actuator family for humanoid robots

    2025-04-01 - Product Launch - Xynova released its planetary and harmonic series rotary actuators for humanoid robots The company states the series improved torque density by more than 20% Xynova develops dexterous hands and actuator hardware for humanoid robotics.

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Context

Market context

Xynova Rotary Actuator is a humanoid-oriented rotary actuator family with published model-level torque, gear ratio, weight, dimensions, voltage, speed and encoder-resolution values.

  • Target environment: Humanoid joints and other compact robot axes that need integrated rotary drive modules.
  • Workflow context: Builders select actuator variants around torque, package size and joint role, then integrate them into humanoid or manipulation mechanisms.
  • Customer context: Humanoid builders, robot developers and component buyers needing integrated rotary actuation.
  • Deployment model: Commercial component family with official variant table and specs.
  • Commercial maturity: Public product family with model-level technical data; maturity is tied to integration into customer robot platforms.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on torque density, reliability, controller fit, sourcing, thermal behavior and mechanical integration.
  • Market position: Positioned as a core joint-actuation layer for humanoid builders.
  • Adjacent products: Adjacent products include frameless motors, harmonic drives, joint modules and linear actuators.

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