Company
Swiss precision drive-systems manufacturer founded in 1961 (Sachseln, Obwalden) as Interelectric AG; privately held, known for its patented ironless-winding brushed and brushless DC motors, gears, encoders, and controllers. Its motors power humanoid robots, medical devices, and NASA's Mars rovers (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Perseverance). In the robotics supply chain, maxon supplies actuators for Hexagon's AEON industrial humanoid, co-developed with NVIDIA and Microsoft.
Based in Sachseln, Switzerland · Founded 1961
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Key facts
- Founded
- 1961 (as Interelectric AG)
- HQ
- Sachseln, Obwalden, Switzerland
- Ownership
- Private (Braun family)
- Business
- Precision DC/BLDC motors, gears, encoders, controllers (patented ironless winding)
- Robotics role
- Actuator supplier for Hexagon's AEON humanoid; NASA Mars rover motors
- HQ
- Sachseln, Switzerland
- Founded
- 1961
- Type
- hardware
- ID
5c6ed19e-ab3b-4498-9490-5e5a2b0beb7c
Supplies to (1)
Actuators & motors
- AEONby Hexagonactuatorssupplies
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (7)
- https://www.maxongroup.com/
- https://www.maxongroup.com/maxon/view/content/history
- https://www.maxongroup.com/maxon/view/content/profile
- https://www.hexagon.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2025/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/hexagon-robotics-ai-software-aeon-humanoid/
- https://www.maxonmotorusa.com/maxon/view/content/company-about
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxon_Group
Common questions
- What is maxon Group?
- Swiss precision drive-systems manufacturer founded in 1961 (Sachseln, Obwalden) as Interelectric AG; privately held, known for its patented ironless-winding brushed and brushless DC motors, gears, encoders, and controllers. Its motors power humanoid robots, medical devices, and NASA's Mars rovers (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Perseverance). In the robotics supply chain, maxon supplies actuators for Hexagon's AEON industrial humanoid, co-developed with NVIDIA and Microsoft.
- Where is maxon Group based?
- maxon Group is based in Sachseln, Switzerland.
- When was maxon Group founded?
- maxon Group was founded in 1961.
- What does maxon Group make?
- maxon Group has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. maxon Group builds physical robots.