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Pictured here is the robot called HectorHectorHectorHector (HEHEHEHExapod CCCCognitive auTTTTonomously OOOOperating RRRRobot) built with 18brushless EC45 flat maxon motors. The stand-out features are the flexible joints and lightweight frameweighing in at 12kgs. Within each leg is the maxon DC motor drive, all controlled simultaneously by algo-rithms and responsible for the robots smooth walking motion.

The robot was developed by the Biomechatronics research group within Bielefeld University (Germany),headed up by Prof. Dr. Axel Schneider. A unique aspect of the design is the assortment of incorporatedsensors and specially designed DC motor drives that work together simultaneously to adapt to various ter-rains while on the move.

What was needed from the DC motors was a high torque performance from a lightweight and small unit."The motors also had to be as short as possible, because the resulting length of the overall drive limits thelegs' range of motion, among other things. This is why we chose the EC 45 flat 50 W" said Jan Paskarbeit,from part of the team that created Hector. The research group plans to use Hector to explore further theo-ries for controlling flexible motion-controlled robotic systems.

To see Hector in motion, please click here. For more information please contact +61 2 9457 7477.

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10 July, 2015

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The brushless EC 45flat motor drive delivers50 W of power, at a di-ameter of 45 mm. Thedrive delivers hightorque and needs verylittle installation space.© maxon motor ag.

Drive unit with inte-grated electronics.Each leg of the walkingrobot Hector has threejoints, so that the move-ments of 18 joints haveto be controlled simulta-neously. Each leg ispowered by three ofthese elastic units withintegrated electronics.© maxon motor ag.