Who this fits
For teams that need help choosing or customizing the reducer path before committing actuator drawings, supplier qualification, and pilot tooling.
Reducer architecture selection and custom integration support for humanoid actuators, including harmonic, cycloidal, planetary, compound, and linear transmission paths matched against joint load, backlash, impact, efficiency, noise, size, and sourcing risk.

This page should help a robotics buyer decide whether this product family belongs in the RFQ path and what evidence must be attached before a prototype or pilot order is credible.
For teams that need help choosing or customizing the reducer path before committing actuator drawings, supplier qualification, and pilot tooling.
Backlash and repeatability: Reducer type and preload dependent
Reducer selection is based only on rated torque and misses backlash, heat, noise, or shock behavior
| Metric | Typical Range | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Backlash and repeatability | Reducer type and preload dependent | Humanoid balance, arm positioning, and hand control can degrade quickly when backlash is treated as a catalog number instead of an assembled-joint condition. |
| Shock and torsional stiffness | Joint load case dependent | Leg and waist actuators see impact and moment loads that can exceed steady torque assumptions during walking or recovery events. |
| Efficiency and thermal load | Ratio, lubricant, and speed dependent | A high-ratio reducer can simplify torque sizing but increase heat, noise, friction, and control losses. |
Product selection is only useful when it connects to a buyer-visible evidence path. These proof gates turn the page from a capability description into an RFQ checklist.
| Proof Gate | Evidence to Ask For |
|---|---|
| Drawing baseline | CAD package, controlled drawing revision, CTQ list, open trade-offs, NRE scope, and prototype/pilot responsibility. |
| RFQ evidence package | Buyer-side package with joint map, CAD/drawing baseline, torque-speed or force-stroke targets, validation request, pilot quantity, and report expectations. |
| Evidence library | Stage-by-stage map for CMM, FAI, actuator validation, electronics/FCT, traceability, NCR, packaging, and pilot release records. |
| Test plan checklist | Operating cycle, fixture boundary, torque-speed or force-stroke method, thermal-rise setup, backlash method, FCT, endurance, and report handoff. |
| Sample PO checklist | Drawing revision, CTQ acceptance limits, report deliverables, sample variants, buyer-supplied boundaries, change rules, packaging, and delivery records. |
| Manufacturing proof | FAI, CMM, datum checks, bearing fit, flange flatness, output runout, surface treatment, and outgoing reports. |
| Actuator validation | Torque-speed, thermal rise, backlash, noise, FCT, burn-in, traceability, nonconformance, and pilot release records. |
| BOM and sourcing control | Approved parts, restricted suppliers, substitutions, lead time, firmware boundary, harness, packaging, and second-source risk. |
A serious custom actuator inquiry should show how the selected product family moves from feasibility review into repeatable pilot manufacturing.
Review CAD, joint load, envelope, thermal boundary, cable path, and custom actuator architecture risk.
Build the first sample against defined torque-speed, fit, electrical, mechanical, and inspection assumptions.
Run thermal, backlash, noise, endurance, impact, metrology, and functional checks against the application duty cycle.
Freeze drawing/BOM revisions, evidence package, outgoing inspection, packaging, spare strategy, and repeat-build controls.
This form is prefilled with Custom Humanoid Reducer Architectures. Add CAD envelope, torque-speed target, duty cycle, validation needs, quantity, and schedule so the response can start with DFM questions instead of generic sample pricing.


It depends on joint load, backlash target, shock case, efficiency, noise, envelope, and sourcing risk. The RFQ should include those constraints so the reducer path can be selected rationally.
Only for early comparison. Before prototype release, reducer choice must be reviewed with motor, bearings, output flange, housing stiffness, lubrication, and inspection method.
Inquiry Email
Include target torque/speed, quantity, and delivery location.
Application Engineer
+8618857971991
Talk directly about drawings, torque-speed targets, and RFQ data gaps.