Harmonic Drive Systems

Supplier profile
Component category	reducers
Bottleneck risk	critical
Confidence level	confirmed
Country	CH
City	Oberägeri
Founded	1955

Strain wave / harmonic drive reducers — 20-25% global market share. Dominant in US humanoid OEMs. Near-zero backlash, high reduction ratio in compact form factor.

Supplies brands

Boston Dynamics
Apptronik
Figure Ai
Agility Robotics
Unitree
Ubtech

Sources

Humanoid Atlas (2026-04-09) — 20-25% global harmonic reducer market share. Key supplier to Boston Dynamics Atlas, Apptronik, Figure, Tesla Optimus, Agility Robotics.