Fully automated battery swapping for mobile device external batteries

A battery swapping system for a mobile device on which a battery housing attachment is disposed and secures an external battery to the mobile device, the system comprising:

• a housing, including an aperture that allows passage between an outside of the housing and an inside of the housing;
• a receiving assembly, configured to position the battery housing attachment at a predefined distance relative to the aperture when the mobile device is inserted into the receiving assembly;
• a battery carrier unit, disposed in the inside of the housing, including a plurality of slots configured to hold a corresponding plurality of external batteries, and a terminal panel configured to pass an electric charge from an electrical power supply to at least one external battery of a plurality of external batteries held within the plurality of slots;
• a first traversing stage configured to travel on a first axis and connected to the battery carrier unit to thereby align individual slots of the plurality of slots with the aperture;
• a second traversing stage configured to travel on a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis, the second traversing stage including an extractor flange configured for insertion through an individual slot of the plurality of slots, wherein in a first position the extractor flange is out of contact with any external batteries and in a second position, at an opposite end of travel on the second axis relative to the first position, the extractor flange extends an affixed battery into contact with the battery housing attachment;
• and
• a controller, configured to signal the first traversing stage and the second traversing stage to:
• align a first slot of the plurality of slots that does not presently hold any external batteries of the plurality of external batteries with the aperture when receiving a depleted external battery from the mobile device;
• align a second slot of the plurality of slots that holds a charged external battery with the aperture;
• and
• traverse the extractor flange through the second slot to push the charged external battery out of the second slot, through the aperture, and into the battery housing attachment.