Science and technology

A drone is a type of vehicle that does not require a pilot. Drones can be grouped into different categories based on their use and environment. These include:
– Unmanned aerial vehicle (a flying drone)
– Unmanned combat aerial vehicle (a drone used for fighting)
– Drone racing (a sport involving remote-controlled drones)
– Drones used in managing wildfires
– Unmanned ground vehicle (a land-based drone)
– Unmanned surface vehicle (a drone used on water, also called a drone boat or robot ship)
– Unmanned underwater vehicle (a drone used underwater, also called a robot sub or underwater drone)
– Remotely operated underwater vehicle (an underwater vehicle controlled from a distance)

Any of these types of drones may be used in drone warfare.

Other meanings of the word "drone" include:
– A male bee
– A fertile male ant

Arts and entertainment

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

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

• Drone (sound), a long musical note or group of notes
• Drones World Tour (2015), a concert tour by the band Muse supporting their 2015 album of the same name
• Drone metal, a type of music
• Drone music, a type of music

• Drone (bagpipes), a type of bagpipe
• Shruti box or drone box, a musical instrument from the Indian subcontinent
• Drone zither, a stringed musical instrument
• Bladder fiddle or drone, a musical instrument

• The Drones (Australian band), a music group from Australia
• The Drones (English band), a music group from England

• The Drones (EP), a 2001 music release by the Australian band Drones
• Drones (Muse album), a 2015 album by the band Muse
• Drones (Robert Rich album), a 1983 album by Robert Rich

• "Drone" (2018), a song by Alice in Chains from the album Rainier Fog
• "Drone" (2015), a song by Chastity Belt from the album Time to Go Home
• "Drones" (2004), a song by Fear Factory from the album Archetype
• "Drones" (2020), a song by Grandson from the album I Love You, I'm Trying
• "Drones" (2015), a song by Muse, the title track from their album Drones
• "Drones" (2015), a song by Oh Hiroshima from the album In Silence We Yearn
• "Drones" (2006), a song by Rise Against from the album The Sufferer & the Witness
• Drone Warfare (song), a musical piece

• Drone, a character in the Drones Club from P. G. Wodehouse's books
• Drones, intelligent machines in the utopian society The Culture by Iain M. Banks
• Drone, a human-like being taken over by the Borg in Star Trek
• Drones, service robots in the movie Silent Running (1972)
• Drones or yanme'e, fictional creatures in the Covenant from the video game Halo

People

• Drone (wrestler) (Hombre Bala Jr., born 1991) is the stage name of a Mexican professional wrestler.
• Kyron Drones (born 2003) is an American football player.
• Luke Drone (born 1984) is a U.S. American football player.

Places

• Drone, Georgia, a small area in the United States that is not an official city
• Dronne, also spelled Drône, a river in south-western France
• Pointe de Drône, a mountain located in the Pennine Alps, which are in Italy and Switzerland
• River Drone, a river in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom