Building the Future of Safe Drone Delivery
Farris Technology, the premier Low Altitude Logistics™ innovator, has been focused on solving the toughest challenges in autonomous delivery since 2013. Our early foundational patent—cited more than 250 times by major global companies—established us as one of the first to recognize that the future of drone delivery must be built from the ground up.
The Industry’s Most Critical Gap: The Last 300 Feet
As drone delivery accelerates, one challenge remains universally unsolved: How do you ensure a safe, secure, and precise landing in real‑world environments?
Our patented technology is designed to address this exact problem by providing the ground‑based intelligence and communication capabilities that onboard drone sensors alone cannot reliably deliver.
Key Problems Our Technology Is Engineered to Solve
• Safety — Drones require a verified safe landing zone. Our system is designed to evaluate ground‑level variables related to personal safety, pet safety, package security, and environmental conditions.
• Security — Recipients need a trusted way to specify where their package should be delivered and secured. Our technology is built to support authenticated, recipient‑directed delivery locations, landing- pads and mailboxes.
• Smart Landing Technology — The commercial drone industry needs more than drone‑mounted sensors. Our patented approach introduces landing‑site intelligence that aligns with FAA expectations for safe landing, safe delivery, and safe takeoff.
Why Ground‑Based Intelligence Matters
Drone‑only sensing cannot fully determine landing‑site safety in advance. That limitation creates risks of:
- Personal injury
- Property damage
- Package theft or tampering
- Failed or inaccurate deliveries
Our prototype system is being developed to provide on‑the‑ground homing guidance and real‑time landing‑site data to help drones land swiftly, securely, and with minimal noise or flyover camera scans.
What Our Prototype Platform Is Designed to Enable
We are developing an open, ground‑based system that integrates:
- Navigation controls at the landing/delivery site
- Specialized safety sensors
- Security & Authentication: Encryption/Blockchain
- Robotic interactions: Ground/Aerial technology
- High‑speed data collection/transmission
- Communication between shipper and recipient
- Automated Package lock-box security — “Smart Mailboxes”
This platform is engineered to augment a drone’s sense‑and‑avoid capabilities from the ground up, reducing risk during the most difficult phase of delivery: the final 300 feet of descent, landing, and takeoff.
By focusing on ground‑based intelligence, our technology is designed to provide the actionable information needed to support safe, accurate, and secure autonomous delivery.
A Ground‑Up Perspective
While most of the industry focused on the drone, we focused on the recipient experience. Our approach began with a simple question:
“What does the recipient need for drone delivery to be safe, secure, and trustworthy?”
That perspective led us to develop a system designed to meet the expectations of:
- The FAA
- Commercial shippers
- Technology partners
- A discerning public
Patent Portfolio
Farris Technology continues to expand its intellectual property portfolio and is offering opportunities for patent licensing, technology research and development, and strategic partnerships.
United States Patents
- US201462031479P
- US20160033966A1
- US10163177B2
International Patents
Patents granted in Canada, Europe, and Singapore, pending in China:
- PCT/US2015/043110
- CA2956807A1
- EP3175435A4
- WO2016019242A1
Join Us
We are advancing a prototype platform built on early, heavily cited patents and a decade of ground‑up research. As the drone delivery industry scales, the need for safe, secure, and intelligent landing‑site technology becomes unavoidable.
We invite partners, investors, and innovators to join us as we shape the future of low‑altitude logistics.