For lightweight robots, modular designs are increasingly popular thanks to the flexible deployment they enable for specialised tasks. Modular robots also enhancing the potential for system integrators and end users to develop their own designs. As part of an in-house robot build, optimising the drive train that powers and controls each joint is vital to the robot’s performance. The most effective way of achieving this is by developing the drive train as a complete module. This approach can also improve the efficiency of robot development overall.
Five new products from maxon at the SPS trade fair in Nuremberg
Cycling with a tailwind
For the first time, a helicopter will take off from the surface of Mars. Aerospace engineer at AeroVironment Inc. Matt Keennon explains how this impossible mission became a reality.
More than 100 electric motors from maxon have been used on the Red Planet and have withstood cosmic radiation, dust storms, and temperature fluctuations. With the Perseverance rover, precision drives are once again flying to Mars. The key to success is th
maxon is supporting the CYBATHLON 2020
Compact drive with integrated positioning controller
Inspection robots for pipes and ducts, rescue robots in disaster areas, or humanoid robots – they all have one thing in common: They are mobile robots that aid humans. We explain some of their requirements for drive technology in detail
Many applications would benefit from a brushless motor without a sensor. There are various options for realizing this. A method developed by maxon is now setting new standards for precision and reliability
At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, professor Auke Ijspeert and its team use robots as a scientific tool to better understand mobility in living beings and explore the secret of the spinal cord
maxon launches a sterilizable encoder, offering its customers a complete system with high speed BLDC motor, gearhead and encoder that withstands more than 1000 autoclave cycles.
DC motors made by maxon drive the Mars rover and have been running on the Red Planet for more than ten years. Down here on Earth, the unique quality of their reliable, efficiient and powerful drive systems ensures customer satisfaction.
The configurable DC drives from maxon motor are extremely powerful: The DCX motor with 35 mm diameter and 67 mm length continuously delivers up to 120 Watt. Configure a custom drive online to include gearhead and sensor
maxon spindle drives for linear motion are compact and easily configurable as complete systems; with integrated axial bearing for high axial loads. Versions with ceramic components, metric spindles, ball or trapezoidal screws are available
The ship building industry also relies on maxon's drive systems, e.g. in welding robots which ensure that tankers make safe crossings. The product encompasses: brushless and brushed DC motors, gearheads, feedback devices and control electronics
The maxon product range is built on an extensive modular system: brushless/brushed DC motors, planetary, spur and gearheads, feedback devices and control electronics. They are used, e.g. in measuring constructions and precise positioning of lasers.
The configurable DCX DC drives of maxon motor are powerful, delivering 120W with just 35mm diameter and 67mm length. Users can configure a custom drive online to include gearhead and sensor. The drive will ship from Switzerland in 11 working days.
Users can configure their own maxon DC drive: they can configure the gear stages, the motor bearings, the shafts, the encoder and much more. The finished drive will ship from Switzerland in 11 working days.
Assemble your individual maxon DC drive: You can configure the gear stages, the motor bearings, the shafts, the encoder and much more. Design your custom drive online today and your finished drive will ship from Switzerland in 11 working days.
If versatility and intelligent drive solutions are called for.
Delivers fast digital current control
withstands 200°C temperatures and pressures up to 1700 bar
170 W in a palm-sized housing
small, robust and accurate
silent and powerful
They are quiet and feature high efficiency
Humanoid robot driven by sophisticated motors
Configurable DC drives of maxon motor
More than 50 brushless drives are responsible for the humanoid's accurate movements
High-speed synchronization
A team of students brought to reality what appears to contradict most basic laws of physics
Technical features and examples for application
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