Robot model
DROID
Maneuverable autonomous satellite platform for space domain awareness, non-Earth imaging, and orbital debris tracking.
- Manufacturer
- Turion Space
- Form factor
- space
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- turionspace.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies DROID, a space by Turion Space (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Maneuverable autonomous satellite platform for space domain awareness, non-Earth imaging, and orbital debris tracking. DROID.002 deployed March 2026 for orbital object tracking.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
- View all sources →
Key facts
Form Factor
Maturity
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for DROID. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
- DROID at Low Earth Orbitannounced
U.S.
DROID-002 performed the first-ever commercial on-orbit evasive maneuver during Exercise SALITRE 2026, a multinational military exercise led by U.S.
DROID on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere DROID is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 13, 2026
at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
at Low Earth Orbit
Safety record
No incidents on record for DROID.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DROID.Recent coverage
DROID in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DROID from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/turion-droid.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/83492f74-8057-411b-9043-2cdde6821330
- Revision history: /models/turion-droid/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
DROID draws attention at the 95th percentile but verifies reality at the 88th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +6.7, 16th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 22, 2026