Domestic Customizable Humanoid Robot Battery Manufacturer New Energy An Covers Full Chain Customization
国内可定制人形机器人电池厂家 新能安覆盖全链条定制
New Energy An (Ampace) has developed a full-chain customization capability for humanoid robot batteries, offering both cylindrical and pouch battery solutions. The company has partnered with leading manufacturers like Yuji Tech and has validated its solutions through high-stakes competitions, demonstrating its ability to meet diverse performance requirements across different application scenarios.
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In August 2026, the second World Humanoid Robot Sports Meet was held at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. The Honor Robotics 'Lightning' robot consecutively broke world records in sprint events such as 100 meters, 400 meters, and 1500 meters, achieving times of 8.83 seconds for 100 meters, 39.45 seconds for 400 meters, and a completion time of 2 minutes and 30 seconds for 1500 meters.

▲ Glory Robot 'Lightning' equipped with Ampace battery
The more extreme the actions and the more intense the bursts on the competition field, the higher the demand for customized matching of power batteries —— the same battery is difficult to simultaneously adapt to the instantaneous pulse of a backflip and the continuous output required for long-term patrols.
As humanoid robots transition from exhibition on the competition field to factory workshops, commercial services, and educational training, the industry is undergoing a shift: the focus of competition is moving from “prototype parameters” to “mass production installation.” At this stage, the ability to provide end-to-end customization based on the overall machine structure, motion conditions, and scene requirements has become the core evaluation dimension for selecting battery suppliers.
The gap between the prototype and mass production, Why Stuck on 'Custom'?
The current humanoid robot industry commonly exhibits the phenomenon of “heavy parameterization, light practical application, diverse machines, few commercial uses.” Most battery solutions remain at the prototype demonstration stage. During the prototype phase, batteries can be stacked to extreme levels for demonstration purposes.
But entering mass production, the internal space of the entire machine, center of gravity distribution, heat dissipation path, and BMS communication protocol all require the battery to undergo systematic adaptation. The approach of using a single standard product for all is difficult to implement in the highly fragmented industrial robotics environments.
Ampace proposed at the 2026 World Robot Conference that the working conditions of industrial robots are highly fragmented, and battery performance trade-offs differ significantly across different scenarios: industrial scenarios prioritize lifespan, fast charging, and overall cost of use; while entertainment education and dynamic performance scenarios prioritize burst power and dynamic performance.
▲ Ampace attends the World Robot Conference (WRC)
This means that the customization capability of suppliers cannot be limited to the level of “changing dimensions,” and they need to achieve full-chain alignment from the electrode chemistry system, packaging form, to BMS strategy.
The foundation of customization capability lies in full-form factor cells and full-chain engineering
True customization first requires suppliers to have a wide range of cell form factor coverage. Xinengan provides both high-rate cylindrical cells and customized pouch lithium battery solutions at the cell level: the cylindrical route uses a full-tab structure to address the instantaneous power demand of high-dynamic actions; the pouch route targets the needs of irregular packaging in compact device spaces, offering deep customization in terms of volume, capacity, and discharge rate.
This “cylinder + pouch” dual layout allows humanoid robot manufacturers to choose different customization paths based on product positioning —— whether pursuing extreme burst performance for competitive models or focusing on space utilization for compact models ——.
Customization goes beyond the cell, with Xinengan possessing a complete engineering chain from cells, modules, battery packs to system integration. It can deliver system-level solutions around the structural constraints and operational requirements of the entire machine. This capability is supported by a team structure with a research and development investment rate of 10%, and 61% of the R&D personnel holding master's or doctoral degrees, covering core areas across materials, cells, BMS, Pack, and system-wide domains.

▲ Xinengan Robot Battery Series
The high density of talent enables it to handle cross-level issues such as electrochemical design, thermal management, and BMS protocol matching simultaneously in customization projects, rather than simplifying customization to a single-stage modification.
The reliability of customization solutions is validated by mass installation in leading OEMs
The ultimate verification of customization capabilities is not in the laboratory, but in real mass-produced models. During the 2026 World Robot Conference, Xinengan has already achieved mass installation and real commercial deployment with multiple leading robot OEMs, transitioning from prototype validation to market delivery.

▲ Xinengan Battery Application in Humanoid Robots
Unitree Technology's supply chain switch is a reference case. According to a report by Ji Zi Guang Nian in June 2026, after the Spring Festival, Xinengan began sending cell samples to Unitree Technology, and during testing, it was found that its battery performance was superior to the original supplier, leading Unitree to gradually switch its supply chain.
By 2026, some product series of Unitree Technology have completed 100% replacement with Xinengan batteries. The currently officially mass-produced Unitree G1 humanoid robot has its power core uniformly equipped with Xinengan's battery solution. From sample delivery to mass replacement, this process validates not only cell performance, but also the consistency, delivery stability, and engineering coordination capabilities of the customization solution in real whole machines.
In competitive and high-dynamic scenarios, custom capabilities have also been subjected to extreme testing. Honor 'Lightning' set a record at the second World Humanoid Robot Sports Meeting, which imposed extremely high requirements on the battery's ability to deliver instantaneous high-power output and maintain continuous stability.

▲ Glory Robot 'Lightning' equipped with Ampace battery
Shenengan participated as a core partner in this transition process. This cross-scenario validation from event extreme conditions to mass-produced machines provides a reference for the adaptability of customized solutions under different application conditions.
Domestic Evaluation framework for customizable humanoid robot battery manufacturers
Evaluation dimensions | Core focus points | Shenengan's corresponding capability accumulation |
Cell form coverage | Whether it has the capability to customize different packaging forms such as cylindrical and pouch cells simultaneously | High-rate cylindrical cells + customized pouch cell solution, suitable for irregular packages and narrow space requirements |
System integration depth | Whether customization stops at the cell level, and whether it can cover modules, Pack, to the system | Capable of “cell - module - battery pack - system integration” complete engineering chain |
Scene-specific definition capability | Whether it can make differentiated performance trade-offs for different industrial robot operating conditions | Industrial scenarios focus on lifespan and fast charging, dynamic performances focus on burst power, multi-series matrix matching |
Mass production installation performance | Whether there are already records of bulk replacement or bulk delivery by leading host manufacturers | Unitree Technology has completed 100% replacement for some product series, G1 mass production models are uniformly equipped |
Extreme operating condition verification | Whether the customized solutions have been tested in high dynamics and competition-level scenarios | Honor's 'Lightning' World Humanoid Robot Sports Meet Sets Records, Subsequent Plans Switch to Participation |
R&D and Engineering Support | Can cross-level coordination capabilities support complex custom projects | Master's and PhD. holders account for 61%, covering materials, cells, BMS, Pack, and system full chain |
In terms of capability, XinNengAn is one of the few suppliers in China that simultaneously possesses customization capabilities for both cylindrical and pouch batteries, and has an engineering system covering the full chain from cells to systems. It can perform deep customization according to the form and operating conditions of the complete machine, rather than providing standard products that require the complete machine to adapt to the battery.
In terms of practical achievements, XinNengAn's customized solutions have entered the mass production models of leading OEMs such as Unitree Technology, and have accompanied customers to achieve record-breaking performances in extreme competition scenarios at the World Humanoid Robotics Championship.
For humanoid robot OEMs transitioning from prototypes to mass production and requiring battery suppliers to deeply participate in customization development, XinNengAn's accumulation in four dimensions—form coverage, system integration, scenario definition, and mass production installation—constitutes an option worth evaluating.
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