Battery Engineering for Demanding Flight and Robotics Applications
From rapid prototypes to production-ready battery systems, Upgrade Energy designs and builds custom power solutions for aircraft, industrial drones, robotics, and specialized unmanned platforms.
What Do We Engineer
Upgrade Energy develops custom battery systems for demanding flight and robotics platforms where performance, integration, reliability, and manufacturability are critical.
Aircrafts & Unmanned Systems
Industrial & Agricultural Drones
Robotics & Autonomous Platforms
Our Engineering Capabilities
Our team develops custom battery systems that combine electrical, thermal, software, and mechanical design into application-specific solutions built for real-world performance.
Battery Design
Custom lithium battery pack design tailored to application requirements including voltage, capacity, energy density, weight, runtime, and power output.
Thermal
Thermal design and heat-management strategies to support safety, reliability, and sustained battery performance in demanding operating environments.
Power Distribution
Integrated power distribution solutions for efficient energy delivery, system stability, and reliable operation across connected subsystems.
Software
Battery software and smart battery integration for monitoring, diagnostics, communication, control, and platform-level system compatibility.
Electronics
Custom electronics development including BMS, PCB design, sensing, protection, and intelligent battery controls for advanced battery systems.
Enclosure
Mechanical and enclosure design for packaging, environmental protection, integration, durability, and serviceability in constrained platforms.
Our Featured Custom Battery Projects
Upgrade Energy has supported a wide range of custom battery and electronics projects across commercial drone, UAV, and robotics applications.
Skydweller
Custom battery development supporting a high-endurance unmanned aircraft platform with demanding performance and integration requirements.
2S1P Good Friday Robotics PCB
Compact electronics solution developed for robotics integration and application-specific control requirements.
Agriculture Battery for Hylio
Custom battery solution developed for agricultural drone use with a focus on runtime, reliability, and field-ready performance.
Modular 10-16S BMS
Supports up to 16S batteries with standard protections including overvoltage, overcurrent, short circuit, overtemperature, and undertemperature. Reports pack voltage, cell voltage, temperature, current, and more over DroneCAN. Uses NDAA-compliant, non-China-sourced components. Supports up to 65A continuous current with 5 m/s airflow and has been validated with 12S3P SA08, 12S2P SA08, and 14S3P SA08 batteries.
6S2P Samsung 50S Smart Battery
Smart battery pack built around Samsung 50S cells with integrated electronics and intelligent battery functionality.
6S2P SA08 PCB
Custom PCB development supporting battery intelligence, control functionality, and compact pack integration.
Our Development Process
1.
Requirements Review
We begin by understanding your platform, mission profile, power needs, integration constraints, and development goals.
2.
System Architecture
Our team develops the battery, electronics, software, thermal, and enclosure approach to fit your application.
3.
Prototype Validation
We build and refine prototypes for form, fit, function, safety, and performance.
4.
Production Support
Once validated, we support repeatable builds and production deployment, backed by our 18,000 sq. ft. facility, with capacity for 10,000+ batteries per month.
Let’s Build Your Next Battery System
