# TRIDENT Lunar Drill: robot model

Canonical ID: `c7267858-1d6e-4200-a840-f5a4f208ddb0`

- **Slug:** honeybee-robotics-trident
- **Form factor:** space
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 0

## Specs

- **drill_type:** rotary-percussive
- **drilling_depth_m:** 1

## Deployments

_No deployments registered for this model._

## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is TRIDENT Lunar Drill?

Honeybee Robotics (a Blue Origin company) designs and manufactures robotic drilling, sampling, and actuation systems for space exploration. The TRIDENT (The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain) is a rotary-percussive drill designed to penetrate 1 meter below the lunar surface to collect soil samples potentially containing water ice. Honeybee hardware has operated on Mars rovers and lunar missions, and the company won a NASA PRISM contract for Mars Sample Return system development.

### Who makes TRIDENT Lunar Drill?

TRIDENT Lunar Drill is made by Honeybee Robotics, based in Longmont, CO, USA, founded in 1983.

### Where is TRIDENT Lunar Drill deployed?

No verified deployments of TRIDENT Lunar Drill are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.


## Sources (2)

1. **Honeybee Robotics wins NASA contract for Mars Sample Return System - Blue Origin** · https://www.blueorigin.com/news/honeybee-robotics-wins-nasa-contract-for-mars-sample-return-system
2. **Honeybee Robotics - Wikipedia** · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeybee_Robotics

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