Wrists, elbows, knees, ankles, neck blocks: the multi-axis joints of humanoids are the declared targets of the MiniMix range, which Molex presented on 5 August 2026 to accelerate the shift to mass production.
The principle can be summed up in one sentence: a single interface that carries both power and signal. The MiniMix connector combines power contacts of up to 15.0 A and a 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet link at 1 Gbit/s. The announced routing profile is 5.65 mm, in vertical or angled versions. Molex claims up to 50 % less routing surface than competing solutions—a manufacturer’s figure, not backed by any independent measurement.
Key figures
- Power: contacts up to 15.0 A
- Data: 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet, 1 Gbit/s
- Routing profile: 5.65 mm
- Mating: vertical and angled versions
- Claimed gain: up to 50 % less routing surface than the competition (manufacturer’s figure)
- Availability: samples from the announcement (5 August 2026) for design and evaluation
- Commercial production: end of 2026
Beyond the joints, the range targets actuators, grippers, autonomous mobile robots and, more broadly, industrial automation.
Brian Hauge, who heads Molex’s Consumer and Commercial Solutions division, presents the connector as a replacement for a tedious manual assembly with an integrated power and signal transmission solution.
All these characteristics are announced by Molex: no independent measurement is available at this stage. The 6 August 2026 report from Electronics Weekly relies on the same press release and provides no test or proprietary data.
Sources
- Molex (via PR Newswire)— press release of 5 August 2026 (range, 15.0 A, 1000BASE-T1, 5.65 mm profile, 50% gain, availability, quote)
- Electronics Weekly— 6 August 2026 (5.65 mm profile, mating orientations, target applications): reprint of the Molex press release, with no independent measurement element