Sustainability and Environment
Eonix Accelerates eVTOL Battery Development with Robotics and AI
Atlas platform rapidly formulates new battery materials
Eonix thermal analysis robot
Eonix uses robots to formulate and test electrolyte materials for lithium-ion batteries. Here, a robot conducts a thermal analysis of an electrolyte sample.

Among the many challenges that developers of electric airplanes and eVTOL air taxis face in bringing their aircraft to market, battery technology is perhaps the most widely cited concern. Electric aircraft have unique power and energy requirements, and just about everybody in the industry agrees that the batteries available today are less than ideal for aviation applications.

The pace of new battery development simply hasn’t kept up with industry demands. Eonix, a start-up company based in Knoxville, Tennessee, aims to change that by taking an unconventional approach to battery research and development. Its innovative technique fuses robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum mechanics to determine the optimal battery chemistry for specific applications and needs.