Heron / DriveHeron

Turing's multimodal AI foundation model for autonomous driving. DriveHeron is a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model with ~2 billion parameters that integrates camera data with language-based contextual understanding to predict and execute steering, acceleration, and braking. Achieved real-time autonomous driving on public roads at 10 Hz in March 2026, a first in Japan.

Yes. Heron / DriveHeron is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Heron / DriveHeron is made by Turing, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2021.

1 verified deployment of Heron / DriveHeron is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Higashi-Shinjuku Substation, Tokyo, Japan.

Heron / DriveHeron is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable av robots to Heron / DriveHeron include Waymo Driver (6th gen), Zoox Robotaxi, Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS), May Mobility Autonomous Sienna.

Heron / DriveHeron and Waymo Driver (6th gen) (Waymo · 52 deployments) are both av robots on the DEPLOY registry. Heron / DriveHeron has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Heron / DriveHeron ranks in roughly the top 60% of av models tracked by the registry.

Heron / DriveHeron is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.

Heron / DriveHeron has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.