DJI’S FIRST DOCK WITH BATTERY SWAPPING.
DJI Dock 4: Always on Station, Ready at a Moment’s Notice.
Dock 4 swaps batteries in under 25 seconds to keep automated operations running around the clock, urgent or continuous. Its Matrice 5TD drone combines wide-angle and infrared cameras, mmWave radar and LiDAR with AI that recognises 17 object types. The DJI O4 Ground Station opens up complex sites, and the FlightHub 2 AI workflow simplifies every operation.
Under 25 s
BATTERY SWAP
21 m/s
TOP SPEED (FLYTO)
59 min
MAX FLIGHT TIME
17
AI OBJECT TYPES
−40° to 50 °C
OPERATING RANGE
Ready in Seconds for Rapid Response.
Airborne on Alert, Ahead of Ground Crews
The drone launches as soon as the dock cover opens and flies to the scene at up to 21 m/s (in FlyTo tasks; 15 m/s in other modes), arriving ahead of ground crews and streaming live video at once.
- Instant launch: once a command is sent, the drone takes off with no pilot on site, so night-time and holiday emergencies get a response within seconds.
- Direct flight to the scene, regardless of traffic, saves critical time.
Swap, Relay, Sustain
For continuous work such as emergency response, the dock swaps batteries automatically in under 25 seconds (cover closed to swap complete, controlled test), cutting the wait between flights from a 30-minute recharge to seconds.
- Flight data from the previous flight transfers automatically during the swap.
- One flight lasts up to 59 minutes (windless lab, no payload, 15 m/s cruise).
- It operates from −40° to 50 °C, pre-heating the batteries in the cold and using air conditioning in high heat.
- Task relay: any two aircraft in a project can rotate across points, one flying while the other stands by, keeping situational awareness uninterrupted during emergency response.
Live From the Scene, Remote Yet Accurate
Low-latency streaming and fast data transfer let remote commanders see the scene in real time and decide from off-site.
- A dedicated video link brings drone-to-cloud latency to about 160 ms (reference value; it depends on network conditions).
- Dual 4G modules (not available in every country), sub-2 GHz transmission and an elevated O4 Ground Station keep the link stable in obstructed areas.
- During the swap, flight data moves to the dock over Wi-Fi at up to 80 MB/s (near-field lab figure).
Multi-Sensor Integration for Greater Versatility.
Near and Far, Day and Night
One Matrice 5TD handles daytime checks, night-time security and surveying with no airframe swaps. It combines telephoto imaging, infrared imaging, laser ranging and full-colour night vision, with survey accuracy up to 10 cm at 12 MP.
- A 252 mm equivalent telephoto lens captures detail from signs 400 m away and bolt- and pin-level defects at 100 m on power lines.
- Thermal imaging resolves 1280 × 1024 (2560 × 2048 in UHR mode) to reveal overheating and damaged insulators, with 2K recording and 32× zoom at night.
- Visible and infrared feeds can fuse into one frame (edge or overlay) to show outlines and heat together.
- Full-colour 4K high-frame-rate night vision records colour images in the dark without the spotlight, and pairs with the NIR auxiliary light for black-and-white night vision.
- Range data and PinPoint coordinates can be overlaid on the feed for power-line inspection, rescue or wildfire estimates.
More Payloads, More Flexibility
The Matrice 5TD carries up to 450 g, with side PSDK mounts and a top mount usable at the same time.
- Three mounting positions allow lighting, broadcasting and ground safety in a single flight.
- A speaker, spotlight and parachute can be mounted together for aerial voice guidance and layered lighting in night-time searches.
- A built-in customizable warning light supports custom colours and flash patterns, with no extra installation.
Robust Protection for Reliable Flight.
Three-directional mmWave radar, a rotating LiDAR and a six-directional vision system give the Matrice 5TD precise obstacle sensing, even inside a substation full of live equipment or near crossing distribution lines.
Safe Flight, Even in Complex Environments
- Wire-level sensing: a rotating LiDAR, mmWave radar and full-colour low-light fisheye sensors detect thin obstacles such as power lines, even at night (mmWave availability varies by country).
- Six high-resolution low-light fisheye sensors keep obstacle sensing working in six directions, even under city lights at night.
Flexible Deployment for Complex Sites
With LiDAR and visual SLAM, anti-interference and anti-spoofing algorithms and the O4 Ground Station, the dock can sit beside high-rises or on a vehicle-mounted platform (coming soon).
- A rooftop O4 Ground Station improves signal near tall buildings and along substation walls.
- The drone can take off from a parked vehicle and land at its next stop (coming soon).
- Multi-station roaming switches between ground stations to remove coverage gaps.
Safe, Even When the Unexpected Hits
From multi-drone sensing and warning to emergency landing, the Matrice 5TD is ready for surprises.
- A top-mounted parachute with independent power, full-link redundancy and automatic or manual deployment cushions the descent to protect people and equipment below.
- Multi-drone sensing and warning helps keep the airspace safe.
- High-Wind Descent RTH brings the drone home safely in extreme weather.
AI-Powered Workflow for Intelligent Operations.
Onboard AI on the Matrice 5TD detects 17 object types in real time, and the Virtual Cockpit lets users search for almost any object by text or image.
Sees More, Understands More
Real-time AI runs on the live feed for 17 object types, with infrared hotspot detection and third-party AI model support.
In the Virtual Cockpit, objects are searched by text or image; a multimodal LLM reads the prompt, finds the objects and triggers alerts.
From Alert to Action, Automatically
On an anomaly, the system can send SMS, email or platform alerts and trigger snapshots, recording, tracking or hovering.
FlightHub 2 Copilot turns plain-language requests into commands, routes and tasks.
AI Post-Processing: Reports in Minutes
After each operation, AI compares the latest data with historical aerial photos or 3D models, annotates the results and exports a report.
Smart Detection flags facility damage, ground changes and new unauthorised structures; Change Detection Pro marks changed areas and generates a change report, replacing hours of frame-by-frame review.
Comprehensive Solutions With Integrated Software.
DJI FlightHub 2 brings rapid deployment, low-latency remote control, automated routes, real-time cloud and multimodal AI detection, post-processing, anomaly alerts and OTA maintenance into one platform, from deployment to long-term upkeep.
Cockpit, Routes & Dashboard
Remote control in the Virtual Cockpit, route editing, timeline-based task management, multi-channel live streams and one dashboard bring the command centre closer to the field.
Flexible Deployment Options
FlightHub 2 comes as a public-cloud service, an all-in-one appliance or an on-premises version, to fit different deployment and data-security needs.
OpenAPI & FlightHub Sync
FlightHub Sync links FlightHub 2 to other cloud platforms without coding, and developers can use the OpenAPI to integrate functions and 2D/3D modelling at lower cost (scope differs between public-cloud and on-premises versions).
DJI Enterprise App
Handles on-site setup and remote operations: dock configuration, debugging, task triggering and remote viewing. Send a task and the drone wakes and flies out within seconds, with a low-latency live view.
Ground Risk Mitigation
With a DJI-designed parachute, custom flight zones and flight control built around compliance, the Dock 4 helps reduce flight risk and supports compliant operations in urban and complex environments.
DJI Parachute System
A DJI-made parachute softens the impact if the system suddenly fails.
Custom Flight Zones
Enforced by the flight controller itself, they keep the drone inside its preset area and lower the risk of leaving authorised boundaries.
Airspace Risk Mitigation
Remote ID sensing, AirSense and third-party airspace data give real-time awareness to assess risk before each task and decide during flight.
O4 Ground Station Airspace Sensing
It can connect a third-party Remote ID receiver over MQTT to sense nearby drones or crewed aircraft in real time.
Drone Airspace Sensing
The Matrice 5TD receives ADS-B signals and senses nearby drones, showing their status in FlightHub 2.
Third-Party Airspace Sensing
Connected airspace services show conditions, restrictions and risk tips near the task area to support decisions before and during flight.
Data Protection
Data is protected at every stage of its life.
Collection
Business, flight and device data enter an encrypted channel the moment they are generated, preventing eavesdropping, hijacking and man-in-the-middle attacks.
Transmission
Strict encryption applies at every node: drone-to-dock uses TLS 1.2+ and AES-256, and dock-to-cloud uses HTTPS, WSS and TLS.
Storage
Sensitive items such as emails, phone numbers and locations are encrypted with AES-256-CBC, access is limited to authorised data, and all access is logged for a full audit trail.
Deletion
Data can be deleted at account, organisation or device level: deleting an account removes only that user’s data, deleting an organisation wipes all its data, and on a device you can clear logs and cache in DJI Pilot or factory reset.
Open Ecosystem, Breaking Boundaries
Intelligent Computing Open Platform
An AI Inside upgrade adds a new model architecture with dual-stream encoding, plus model-quantisation tools and deployment channels for onboard algorithms.
Third-Party Payloads
Three E-Port interfaces and up to 450 g of payload accept gas detectors, current-flow meters and more.
TerraGS-CesiumJS Web Plugin
Built on the CesiumJS engine, it lets third-party platforms load, interact with and visualise large, high-precision 3DGS data in real time, widely used for city-scale 3D reconstruction, mixed reality and digital twins.
Cloud-to-Cloud Coordinated Operation
With the FlightHub 2 Open API, users can quickly connect FlightHub 2 to a third-party cloud platform and manage operational data more easily.
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