# maxon Group: company

Canonical ID: `5c6ed19e-ab3b-4498-9490-5e5a2b0beb7c`

## 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

- **Slug:** maxon
- **Founded:** 1961
- **HQ:** Sachseln, Switzerland

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to (1)


### Actuators & motors
- [AEON](/models/aeon.md) (by Hexagon) (actuators) _supplies_

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (7)

1. https://www.maxongroup.com/
2. https://www.maxongroup.com/maxon/view/content/history
3. https://www.maxongroup.com/maxon/view/content/profile
4. https://www.hexagon.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2025/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry
5. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/hexagon-robotics-ai-software-aeon-humanoid/
6. https://www.maxonmotorusa.com/maxon/view/content/company-about
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxon_Group

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