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This study investigates the behaviour of miniature brushed coreless Direct Current (DC) motors for small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications in magnetically harsh environments, such as underground accelerator facilities like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Experimental tests were conducted measuring four main physical quantities: the torque components acting along the axes orthogonal to the shaft, the torque about the shaft axis, variations in angular speed, and electrical current consumption. The results showed that the motors were able to operate under external magnetic field intensities up to 0.4 T, although measurable torques acted on the internal permanent magnet and on the ferromagnetic housing material. Some discrepancies and speed fluctuations were observed during operation and were attributed to mobility of the internal permanent magnet. Overall, the findings demonstrate that the tested miniature motors exhibit resilience in high magnetic fields but suffer from manufacturing variability, suggesting that higher-quality motors with more consistent characteristics would be preferable for reliable robotic operation in harsh environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/robotics14120172","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,21]],"date-time":"2025-11-21T14:17:23Z","timestamp":1763734643000},"page":"172","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Experimental Characterization of Miniature DC Motors for Robotics in High Magnetic Field Environments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4888-1428","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco","family":"Mazzei","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental Physics, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-2337-1776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luca","family":"Bernardi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental Physics, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2328-2640","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paolo Francesco","family":"Scaramuzzino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental Physics, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-4753-577X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Corrado","family":"Gargiulo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental Physics, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7282-7221","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fabio","family":"Curti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Trevelyan, J., Hamel, W.R., and Kang, S.C. 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