The description reminds me of Suspended (1983) – also a game in a sci-fi setting where you control a few robots using text commands. But instead of a text adventure puzzle game like Suspended was, the gameplay seems to be something of a mix between the more recent FTL: Faster Than Light and Five Nights at Freddy's.
It strikes me as something of a Roguelike. I've been watching Scott Manley play it (on YouTube) and it reminds me, too, of a lot of the games from the mid-1980s.
The drone aspect has me thinking of the game Deactivators, three robots with different rooms, bomb disposal.
For another good Duskers series, try EnterElysium's playthrough. It's surprisingly fun to watch someone puzzle through it (and consider how you'd do it, in each situation).
Loosely reminds me of Iron Helix, where you control a drone with prerendered video clips. (This was back when CD-ROMs were making that kind of thing possible and novel.)
