Drone or The Drones may refer to:

Science and technology

Vehicle

* Drone, a type of

uncrewed vehicle An uncrewed vehicle or unmanned vehicle is a vehicle without a person on board. Uncrewed vehicles can either be under telerobotics, telerobotic control—remote controlled or remote guided vehicles—or they can be Autonomous robot, autonomously ...

, a class of robot **

Unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard, but rather is controlled remotely or is autonomous.De Gruyter Handbook of Dron ...

or aerial drone ***

Unmanned combat aerial vehicle An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircra ...

Unmanned ground vehicle An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) also known colloquially as armored robot (ARB) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground without an onboard human presence. UGVs can be used for many applications where it is inconvenient, dan ...

or ground drone **

Unmanned surface vehicle An unmanned surface vehicle, unmanned surface vessel or uncrewed surface vessel (USV), colloquially called a drone boat, drone ship or sea drone, is a boat or ship that operates on the surface of the water without a crew. USVs operate with v ...

or drone boat, drone ship, drone, vessel, surface drone, robot ship, robot boat **

Unmanned underwater vehicle Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), also known as underwater drones, are submersible vehicles that can operate underwater without a human occupant. These vehicles may be divided into two categories: remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROUVs) an ...

or underwater drone, drone sub, robot sub ***

Remotely operated underwater vehicle A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) or remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is a free-swimming submersible craft used to perform underwater observation, inspection and physical tasks such as valve operations, hydraulic functions and other g ...

Biology

Drone (bee) A drone is a male bee. Unlike the female worker bee, a drone has no stinger. He does not gather nectar or pollen and cannot feed without assistance from worker bees. His only role is to mate with a maiden queen in nuptial flight. Genetics Dron ...

, a male bee * Drone, fertile male

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Drones'' (2010 film), an American office comedy * ''Drones'' (2013 film), an American war thriller directed by Rick Rosenthal * ''Drone'' (2014 film), a Norwegian documentary film * ''Drone'' (2017 film), a Canadian thriller film

Television

* "Drones" (''Beavis and Butt-Head''), 2011 episode * "Drone" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), 1998 episode

Music

Drone (sound) In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. A drone may also be any part of a musical instrument used to produce this effect; an archaic ...

, a continuous note or chord * Drones World Tour, 2015, by Muse; supporting the eponymous 2015 album * Drone metal, a musical style *

Drone music Drone music, drone-based music, or simply drone, is a minimalist genre of music that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds, notes, or tone clusters called '' drones''. It is typically characterized by lengthy compositions featuring relativel ...

, a musical style

Instruments

* Drone (bagpipes) * Shruti box or drone box, originating from the Indian subcontinent * Drone zither *

Bladder fiddle The bladder fiddle was a folk instrument used throughout Europe and in the Americas. The instrument was originally a simple large stringed fiddle (a musical bow) made with a long stick, one or more thick gut Strings (music), strings, and a pig's ...

or drone

Artists

The Drones (Australian band) The Drones were an Australian rock music, rock band, formed in Perth by mainstay lead vocalist and guitarist Gareth Liddiard in 1997. Fiona Kitschin, his domestic partner, joined on bass guitar and vocals in 2002. Other long-term members includ ...

The Drones (English band) The Drones are an English punk rock band from Manchester, England. For a period of time, the band were in their early days produced and managed by Paul Morley. One critic wrote: "Bonafide DIY three-chord wonders, the Drones were there at punk's ...

Albums

* ''The Drones'' (EP), a 2001 EP by the Australian band Drones * ''Drones'' (Muse album) (2015) * ''Drones'' (Robert Rich album) (1983)

Songs

* "Drone", 2018, by Alice in Chains from ''

Rainier Fog ''Rainier Fog'' (pronounced: ) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice in Chains, released on August 24, 2018, through BMG, the band's first release on the label. The title was inspired by Mount Rainier, a volcano that overlooks the ...

'' * "Drone", 2015, by Chastity Belt from ''

Time to Go Home ''Time to Go Home'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Chastity Belt. It was released on March 23, 2015, by Hardly Art. Music and lyrics The album opens with the track "Drone". A line from Sheila Heti's ''How Should a Perso ...

'' * "Drones", 2004, by Fear Factory from ''

Archetype The concept of an archetype ( ) appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, philosophy and literary analysis. An archetype can be any of the following: # a statement, pattern of behavior, prototype, "first" form, or a main mo ...

'' * "Drones", 2020, by Grandson from ''

I Love You, I'm Trying ''I Love You, I'm Trying'' is the second studio album by Canadian-American musician Grandson. The album was released on May 5, 2023, by Fueled by Ramen. Three lead singles, "Eulogy", "Drones", and "Something to Hide", were released along with a ...

'' * "Drones", 2015, by Muse, the title track from the eponymous album ''Drones'' * "Drones", 2015, by Oh Hiroshima from '' In Silence We Yearn'' * "Drones", 2006, by Rise Against from ''

The Sufferer & the Witness ''The Sufferer & the Witness'' is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on July 4, 2006. A melodic hardcore album, it comprises thirteen tracks that focus on melody, catchy hooks, and rapid-paced tempo. Socia ...

Fictional characters

* Drone, a member of the Drones Club in P. G. Wodehouse's novels * Drones, intelligent machines in the utopian society

The Culture The Culture is a fictional interstellar post-scarcity civilisation or society created by the Scottish writer Iain Banks and features in a number of his space opera novels and works of short fiction, collectively called the ''Culture'' series. ...

of Iain M. Banks * Drone, a humanoid assimilated by the

Borg The Borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. They are Cyborg, cybernetic organisms (cyborgs) linked in a Group mind (science fiction), hive mind called "The Collective". The Borg co- ...

in ''Star Trek'' * Drones, service robots in ''

Silent Running ''Silent Running'' is a 1972 American ecological-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint. Plot In the future, all forests on Earth have b ...

'' (1972) * Drones or yanme'e, fictional species in the Covenant in ''Halo''

People

* Drone (wrestler) (Hombre Bala Jr., born 1991), ringname of a Mexican professional luchador *

Kyron Drones Kyron Drones (born July 24, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He previously played for the Baylor Bears. Early life Drones was born on July 24, 2003, in Pearland, Texas. He attended and played football a ...

(born 2003), American football player * Luke Drone (born 1984), U.S. American football player

Places

* Drone, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the US *

Dronne The Dronne (, also , ; ) is a long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Isle, which itself is a tributary of the Dordogne. The source of the Dronne is in the north-western Massif Central, east of the town of Châlus (south-wes ...

, also spelled Drône, a river in south-western France * Pointe de Drône, a mountain in the Pennine Alps, Italy-Switzerland *

River Drone The River Drone is a river which flows south from its source on the Sheffield, South Yorkshire, border. It flows through Dronfield, Unstone and Unstone Green in Derbyshire before merging at Sheepbridge to the north of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, ...

, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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