Abstract: An electromagnetic rotary motor including a stator means, a rotor means and an electronic control means for inducing an electromagnetic field. The stator means includes a permanent magnet means having pole faces that define a gap between them with a generally uniform magnet flux density thereacross. The gap has an entrance section, an exit section and a generally curved longitudinal path extending from the entrance section to the exit section around a transverse axis. The magnetic flux density changes as one moves from the entrance section to the exit section as a function of arc degree position around the transverse axis. The rotor means includes a predetermined number of permanent magnets disposed radially outwardly from the rotor axis. These rotor magnets are disposed substantially within the gap and the magnetic field of each rotor magnet interacts with the magnetic field of the stator magnets through repulsion or attraction.