Frequently Asked Questions

Motus Labs’ mission is to revolutionize the robotic drive industry with an innovative new gear design that uses mating surfaces instead of traditional gear teeth. The M-DRIVE design provides superior performance at a competitive price.  Statistics show that the market demand for actuators and drives will continue to grow substantially and the supply will increase to meet demand. We believe the M-DRIVE will become essential for the proliferation of the emerging Service Robot Market due to the reduced weight and costs that dramatically improves the overall ROI of a robot and provide the ability to create new applications – Build What You Can Imagine.

One of the Company’s greatest strengths is its leadership team with a rich history of creating products that transform markets, and growing companies from inception to IPO and M&A. The team averages 25 years of pertinent experience, with all key leadership roles filled. The CEO and Executive Chairman are both successful serial entrepreneurs and successful angel investors and board members.

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The Motus M-DRIVE uses an entirely new and unique architecture that enables higher torque density and greater positioning accuracy at a significantly lower system weight and cost, without any need for special materials.

The M-DRIVE often beats competitors on key metrics due to its unique architecture which cuts weight and cost by using common materials and manufacturing processes.

1. HIGH PERFORMANCE: Achieved by replacing age-old methods of brute-force gear-teeth with low-friction mating surfaces that won’t slip and intelligently controlled with the Smart-CAM™.
2. UP TO HALF SOLUTION COST & WEIGHT: Smart-CAM follower design and mating surfaces can be manufactured using lightweight and low cost materials (aluminum and plastic) eliminates expensive steel alloys and complex manufacturing.
3. FAST TURN-TIME: The M-DRIVE series spans a wide range of performance and applications—new M-DRIVES can be quickly designed and implemented with CAM Generator™ software tools.

Motus Labs Patents: United States Patents

• 9,261,176 B2 issued Feb. 16, 2016
• 10,151,375 issued Dec. 11, 2018
• 10,240,666 B2 issued March 26, 2019
• 10,260,606 B2 issued April 16, 2019
• 10,428,916 issued October 1, 2019

Other US & International patents are pending.

Motus currently offers the ML200‑20‑104. Please contact us for more information regarding your specific application.

Each market has its own performance and reliability requirements.  The issue of material used in an actuator is a function of reliability and life testing.  Today’s common strain wave drives require special alloy steels to reach acceptable levels of reliability and longevity.  The Motus M-DRIVE uses an entirely new and unique architecture that enables higher torque density and greater positioning accuracy at a significantly lower system weight and cost, without any need for special materials.  The M-Drive can be implemented using plastics or aluminum for most lower torque applications. The majority of Industrial robot applications require aluminum or a combination of aluminum and certain elements made of steel. Service Robot manufacturers have indicated an interest in an all-plastic drive for the sub $5K robot market which has a much lower payload and lifetime requirements.

If a robot manufacturer would like to replace their drives with a Motus M-DRIVE, we have various options. However, to take full advantage of the M-DRIVE architecture features, a robot manufacturer can choose to design-in M-DRIVEs for the entire robot.