An integrated tip dresser motor system includes a housing with one or more stator stages coupled to the inner surface. Each of the stator stages has a winding and a stator core with a plurality of stator teeth circumferentially distributed about a longitudinal axis, at an inner diameter of the stator core. A rotor is disposed about the longitudinal axis, inside the stator core, with a plurality of magnetic poles circumferentially distributed along an outer surface, adjacent the stator teeth. One end of the rotor each includes an end effector extending past the housing that is configured to connect to a tip dresser assembly. The winding is configured to generate magnetic flux, and the stator core is configured to guide the flux to drive the rotor, with the flux oriented transverse to the direction of rotational motion.