Michigan Startup Modal Motors Develops Rare-Earth-Free Motors for Drones and Robotics
Michigan-based Modal Motors is developing electric motors that can operate without rare-earth magnets, betting that redesigning the motor itself could reduce a supply-chain vulnerability that simply moving manufacturing to the United States does not eliminate. The Farmington Hills company is targeting drones, robotics, pumps, fans, blowers and other systems where motor weight, efficiency and torque … Read more