A wobble plate motor, comprising: a wobble plate made of magnetically susceptible material and having a wobble axis; and a stator including a permanent magnet, a stator core, a set of magnetically susceptible pole pieces, and a set of electromagnetic coils, the stator having a stator axis (18, 110); wherein the permanent magnet has north and south magnetic poles which are substantially aligned along the stator axis (18, 110); wherein the stator core is disposed below the permanent magnet, such that the permanent magnet is between the stator core and the wobble plate along the stator axis (18, 110); wherein the set of magnetically susceptible pole pieces are distributed circumferentially around the stator core, wherein each of the set of magnetically susceptible pole pieces is configured to direct a radial magnetic field from the stator core and/or at least one electromagnetic coil of the electromagnetic coils axially toward the wobble plate, wherein an axial direction is a linear direction which is parallel to the stator axis (18, 110) and a radial direction is a linear direction which is perpendicular to the stator axis (18, 110); wherein the set of electromagnetic coils are disposed circumferentially around the stator core and between the stator core and the magnetically susceptible pole pieces; wherein the wobble plate is configured to nutate around the stator with the wobble axis precessing around the stator axis; wherein the wobble plate has a mobile point of closest approach with respect to the stator, where the mobile point of closest approach moves around the stator axis as the wobble plate nutates; and wherein the permanent magnet and the set of electromagnetic coils are configured to create a magnetic field having a flux density between the stator and the wobble plate with a highest flux density at a mobile location ahead of the mobile point of closest approach in an angular direction around the stator axis as the wobble plate nutates; wherein the set of electromagnetic coils includes a first set of electromagnetic coils and a second set of electromagnetic coils; and wherein each coil of the first set of electromagnetic coils overlaps circumferentially with each coil of an adjacent pair of electromagnetic coils of the second set of electromagnetic coils; wherein each coil of the set of electromagnetic coils has a coil axis and includes one or more conductors forming a plurality of closed loops around the coil axis, with each coil axis oriented perpendicularly to the stator axis. a wobble plate made of magnetically susceptible material and having a wobble axis; and a stator including a permanent magnet, a stator core, a set of magnetically susceptible pole pieces, and a set of electromagnetic coils, the stator having a stator axis (18, 110); wherein the permanent magnet has north and south magnetic poles which are substantially aligned along the stator axis (18, 110); wherein the stator core is disposed below the permanent magnet, such that the permanent magnet is between the stator core and the wobble plate along the stator axis (18, 110); wherein the set of magnetically susceptible pole pieces are distributed circumferentially around the stator core, wherein each of the set of magnetically susceptible pole pieces is configured to direct a radial magnetic field from the stator core and/or at least one electromagnetic coil of the electromagnetic coils axially toward the wobble plate, wherein an axial direction is a linear direction which is parallel to the stator axis (18, 110) and a radial direction is a linear direction which is perpendicular to the stator axis (18, 110); wherein the set of electromagnetic coils are disposed circumferentially around the stator core and between the stator core and the magnetically susceptible pole pieces; wherein the wobble plate is configured to nutate around the stator with the wobble axis precessing around the stator axis; wherein the wobble plate has a mobile point of closest approach with respect to the stator, where the mobile point of closest approach moves around the stator axis as the wobble plate nutates; and wherein the permanent magnet and the set of electromagnetic coils are configured to create a magnetic field having a flux density between the stator and the wobble plate with a highest flux density at a mobile location ahead of the mobile point of closest approach in an angular direction around the stator axis as the wobble plate nutates; wherein the set of electromagnetic coils includes a first set of electromagnetic coils and a second set of electromagnetic coils; and wherein each coil of the first set of electromagnetic coils overlaps circumferentially with each coil of an adjacent pair of electromagnetic coils of the second set of electromagnetic coils; wherein each coil of the set of electromagnetic coils has a coil axis and includes one or more conductors forming a plurality of closed loops around the coil axis, with each coil axis oriented perpendicularly to the stator axis.