Monolithic Power Systems

Market context

MPS is a power and motion-control semiconductor supplier for robotics rather than a robot builder. Its robotics portfolio covers motor drivers, position sensors, battery chargers, converters and power modules.

Facts

• Website: https://www.monolithicpower.com
• HQ: Kirkland, United States
• Founded: 1997
• Segment: electronics and robotics components

Power and motor-control semiconductor supplier for robotics

Monolithic Power Systems supplies motor drivers, sensors, modules, chargers, converters and battery-management components for robotics.

• Target environment: Humanoid robots, mobile robots, industrial robots, embedded machines and battery-powered motion systems.
• Deployment model: Semiconductor component and application-support model for electronics designers and robot OEMs.
• Customer context: Robot builders, embedded electronics designers, industrial automation companies.
• Workflow context: Motor control, joint position feedback, current sensing, battery management, power conversion.
• Commercial maturity: Public semiconductor company with explicit robotics application portfolio and humanoid robotics design material.
• Market position: MPS sits in the electronics and power layer below robot OEMs.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on performance, integration support, thermal design, safety, current limits.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes humanoid robotics and industrial automation.
• Source confidence: high

Power and motor-driver IC supplier

Monolithic Power Systems supplies motor drivers, power ICs and integrated power stages used in robotics, automotive and industrial electronics.

• Target environment: Robot joints, motor-control boards, embedded electronics, automotive systems and industrial automation hardware.
• Deployment model: Semiconductor component supply through motor-driver ICs, power-management products and application-specific reference material.
• Customer context: Robot builders, electronics engineers, automotive suppliers, industrial automation companies and motion-control designers.
• Workflow context: Motor driving, power conversion, current control, BLDC actuation, PCB-level power design and embedded motion electronics.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially mature power semiconductor supplier with robotics use cases and motor-driver product families.
• Market position: Electronics component supplier serving the power and motor-control layer of robotic systems.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on design wins, current requirements, thermal performance, package size, safety needs and supply reliability.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes motor driver ICs, power stages, robotics electronics, BLDC control and embedded power management.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2025-09-23 - Capability - Monolithic Power Systems publishes humanoid robotics power and sensing webinar - Monolithic Power Systems published an on-demand webinar focused on powering humanoid robotics systems. The webinar covers motor drives, encoders, current sensing and magnetic angle sensing for robot motion and control. The event gives MPS a robotics-specific…

Context tags

• Battery Management ICs - Stack Layer
• Humanoid Joint Electronics - Workflow
• Motor driver IC supplier - Peer Group - MPS supplies motor driver ICs for BLDC and PMSM motor control.
• Robotics motor driver power - Workflow - MPS supports robotics motor driver power workflows.
• Power management IC - Capability - MPS provides power management ICs for robotics.
• Robotics power IC supplier - Peer Group - MPS supplies power ICs and motor drivers for robotics and automation.
• Power IC component supplier - Stack Layer - MPS supplies power IC components for robotics and automation.
• BLDC Motor Control - Capability
• Power Semiconductors - Peer Group
• Robotics Motor Drivers - Stack Layer
• Analog mixed-signal IC supplier - Peer Group - MPS provides analog and mixed-signal power solutions.
• Analog mixed-signal component supplier - Stack Layer - MPS supplies analog mixed-signal components.
• Magnetic Position Sensing - Capability
• Power Conversion - Stack Layer
• Electronics robotics supply chain - Customer Environment - MPS serves the electronics and robotics supply chain.