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How does the compatibility become the bottleneck of drone docks

The compatibility is one of the biggest issues that are all drone dock manufacturers facing, what caused this situation? How to solve it?

The automation of drone is already an unstoppable trend in many aspects, drone docking stations with automatic take-off, automated landing and charging functions becomes a prominence in such a wave. Most drone service providers own multiple drones from different brands and models, which leads to the compatibility issue of drone docks.

I have done some research about drone charging stations' compatibility, it seems most drone charging dock suppliers are using their ways to achieve the recharge by retrofitting drones' landing gears, American Robotics and Airscort included, but compatibility is not mentioned in either of their websites. The drone charging pad of Edronic is compatible with major DJI drones, Skycharge's drone charging pads are compatible with DJI and Parrot drones.




I also found HEISHA drone docks were compatible with many drone models including DJI, Skydio, Parrot, Autel, and Yuneec, they also claim on the website that their drone docking stations work with different drones at the same time. I dug this video, seems true.


The entry point HEISHA takes is the battery, 3S and 4S battery-powered drones are now compatible with HEISHA drone docks now, it's quite a surprising and smart idea, I have to say. But there are many other drones that are not driven by 3S and 4S batteries, how to solve this problem? I hope HEISHA is working on it. Anyway, HEISHA is the first one that is trying to solve this issue and already has stepped out. In this sense, they got my respect.  

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