Chargebotic.

Field power, drawn from the grid

Kestrel perches on live power lines and harvests their energy without touching the wire. Equipment on the ground gets silent electric power. No fuel, no generator, no convoy.

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Field demonstrated
Aug 2026, JIFX 26-4, Camp Roberts CA
Power drawn down
18 W from a 100 A line. Output scales with line current.
Loads powered
Starlink terminal, EO camera, passive radar, battery recharge
Fuel consumed
0 liters
The perched power advantage

Power is already there.
We connect to it.

Power lines run through almost every operating area on earth, carrying more energy than any unit could burn. Kestrel turns any line into a charging point.

Continuous power

Drawn from the grid day and night, in any weather. Not dependent on sun, wind, or resupply.

No fuel, no signature

No generator noise, heat, or exhaust. One month on station replaces a 2 kW generator and about 240 gallons of fuel.

No contact with the wire

Energy is drawn from the magnetic field around the conductor at a controlled standoff. The line keeps operating exactly as before.

The problem

The field runs on
electronics now

Electronics at the edge

Radars, sensors, radios, satellite terminals, counter UAS.

Each draws 5 to 150 W, continuously.

Must stay charged

The equipment must stay powered for the whole mission.

Or it stops working.

Signature kills

The power source cannot reveal the position.

No noise, no heat, no resupply trips.

How it is solved today

Generators

The smallest fielded unit is 2 kW.

158 lbs, 79 dB. A 24 hour mission burns 8 gallons and needs a refill every 5 hours.

Battery swaps

Ten swaps a day for one 100 W load.

31 lbs of batteries daily. Every resupply visit can give the position away.

Solar

Dies at night and under cloud.

Exactly when the sensor is still watching. Oversized arrays, visible from above.

Modern warfare changed.
Energy delivery did not.

The platform

Kestrel

Tethered power platform. Field demonstrated August 2026.

Energy sourceLive AC power lines
HarvestingMagline inductive harvester. No contact with the conductor, no damage to the line.
Demonstrated output18 W drawn down from a 120 V, 100 A line at 10 ft standoff. 22.8 W bench harvest from a 132 A line. Output scales with line current.
Design envelope20 to 150 W continuous on 200 to 1000 A lines. Kestrel 2 (Q1 2027): 50 to 250 W.
Delivery24 V DC on a NATO pin, over tether to a ground station. Integrates with fielded power hubs and battery systems.
ControlRemote piloted. Kestrel 2 finds and attaches to the line semi-autonomously and integrates with customer autonomy.
StatusField demonstrated August 2026 at JIFX 26-4. Next milestone: sustained harvest from a live grid line.

Full specification and integration data available under NDA. Request a briefing.

The system

How it works

LIVE POWER LINE / AC CURRENT MAGNETIC FIELD KESTREL + MAGLINE HARVESTER TETHER / DC POWER DOWN GROUND BATTERIES COMMS + SENSORS VEHICLES + EQUIPMENT
01 / Perch

Kestrel perches on a live line.

A pilot flies it onto the wire and it clamps on, like a bird. Once perched, it uses no flight power.

02 / Harvest

Magline draws energy from the field around the wire.

A coil inside the magnetic field produces current. No cutting, no tapping, no contact. The same induction principle as a wireless phone charger or a grid transformer.

03 / Deliver

Power flows down a tether to the ground.

A ground station receives the power and charges whatever you connect. Batteries, comms, sensors, equipment.

Case study / Camp Roberts, August 2026

Starlink and C2 equipment,
recharged from the line

Chariot Defense's Amphora is a silent field battery. Refilling it takes a generator, a vehicle, or the sun.

Kestrel refills it from the power line, on its native 24 V DC input. Perched at 10 ft standoff on a 120 V, 100 A line, it drew 18 W down the tether and kept four loads running.

Load 01

Starlink terminal

Load 02

EO camera

Load 03

Passive radar

Load 04

Battery recharge

In development

Spark E: the aircraft that recharges itself

Spark E carries its battery to the line, recharges while perched, and flies on. No tether, no return to base. Every power line on its route becomes a charging station.

For long range missions over large areas: inspection, mapping, persistent observation.

Proof before promise

Field record

2026 / Q2 Complete

Lab validation.

Magline harvested energy from an energized conductor in a controlled setup. Core physics proven, output measured.

2026 / Aug 10 to 14 Complete

Field demonstration. JIFX 26-4, Camp Roberts, California.

One week in the field at the Naval Postgraduate School's joint experimentation event:

  • Recharged a battery from an energized test line, end to end through the full system.
  • Powered a Starlink terminal, EO camera, passive radar, and radios from harvested energy.
  • Integrated on partner vehicles and ground power systems.
  • Co-demonstrated with 5 companies. First paid pilot under contract.
Next In progress

Sustained harvest from a live grid line.

Perch on an in-service power line and deliver useful power to real equipment. The milestone that separates a demonstration from a fielded capability.

Proven in the field

Built with the people
who will use it

Demonstrated at JIFX 26-4

One week of field experimentation at Camp Roberts, hosted by the Naval Postgraduate School, alongside fielded ground power and vehicle systems.

Safety by design

The platform never touches the conductor. Utilities already power line mounted sensors with the same induction method. A formal safety case is part of the program.

Honest engineering

Kestrel 1 is remote piloted. Assisted line find and attach is in development for Kestrel 2. We will call it autonomous the day it is.

NVIDIA Inception Founders Inc Naval Postgraduate School Chariot Defense
Company

Leadership

Anis Cheriet

Anis Cheriet

Co-founder / CEO

EV charging infrastructure expert. Deployed $5B in supercharger projects across Europe before founding Chargebotic. Leads strategy, partnerships, and fundraising.

Bo Christopher Redfearn

Bo Christopher Redfearn

Co-founder / CTO

Formerly Oculus, Apple, and Google. Designed Magline, the energy harvesting system at the core of Kestrel. Leads hardware, electrical, and systems engineering.

Ryan George

Founding Engineer

Over 10 years of mechanical engineering. Owns mechanical design and the grip.

Beckett Hynes

Flight Operations

Champion FPV pilot. Owns all flight operations and flight hardware.

Advisors
Patrick Consorti

Patrick Consorti

Advisor

Silicon Valley based global technology operator. Founder of Bridge2. Deep tech and climate tech ecosystems.

Arne Stoschek

Arne Stoschek

Advisor

Engineering and automotive technology leader. Former Advanced Engineering at Better Place, background at Volkswagen. Hardware systems and global technology programs.

Questions

Answered straight

Is it dangerous to operate next to high voltage lines?
Working near energized lines is a serious risk and we treat it as one. The platform never touches the conductor: energy is drawn from the magnetic field around the wire at a controlled standoff. A formal safety case is part of the development program.
Does it damage or tap the line?
No. There is no cutting, no splicing, and no physical contact with the conductor. The line keeps operating exactly as before.
How much power does it deliver?
18 W drawn down from a 120 V, 100 A line at 10 ft standoff, demonstrated at Camp Roberts in August 2026, running a Starlink terminal, EO camera, passive radar, and battery charging. Output scales with line current: the design envelope is 20 to 150 W continuous on 200 to 1000 A lines, with Kestrel 2 targeting 50 to 250 W.
Is it autonomous?
Kestrel 1 is remote piloted. Assisted line find and attach is in development for Kestrel 2. We will call it autonomous the day it is.
Where are you in development?
Field demonstrated in August 2026 at JIFX 26-4, Camp Roberts: battery recharge, Starlink, radios, and cameras powered from harvested energy. Next milestone: sustained harvest from a live grid line.
Who is it for?
Government programs, integrators, and platform makers whose equipment needs silent, fuel free power in the field. Request a briefing and we will scope it against your systems.
Press

For journalists and analysts

Chargebotic Inc is a San Francisco company building expeditionary field power systems. Its platform, Kestrel, perches on live power lines and harvests their energy through Magline, a contactless induction device, then delivers that power to equipment on the ground. In August 2026 at JIFX 26-4, Camp Roberts, California, the system recharged a battery and powered a Starlink terminal, cameras, and radios from harvested energy. A second product, Spark E, an aircraft that recharges itself on the line, is in development. The company is backed by Founders Inc and NVIDIA Inception.

Founded 2026, San Francisco
Product Kestrel platform + Magline harvester
Status Field demonstrated Aug 2026, JIFX 26-4
Contact anis@chargebotic.com

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HQ San Francisco, CA
Email anis@chargebotic.com
Record JIFX 26-4, Camp Roberts CA, Aug 2026

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