Drone vs. Robot — What's the Difference?

A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.

A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within.

An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.

(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically

A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge

Another term for crawler

A remotely controlled or autonomous aircraft with no pilot on board. Also called unmanned aircraft system.

A set of automatic traffic lights

A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.

A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.

Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.

A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.

A long sustained tone.

A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.

Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.

A form of urban dance involving a succession of separate movements executed with precision in imitation of a robot.

To make a continuous low dull humming sound

A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.

To speak in a monotonous tone

An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.

To pass or act in a monotonous way.

A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.

To utter in a monotonous low tone

(figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions.

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

(South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).

Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.

(surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.

One who performs menial or tedious work.

(dance) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.

(aviation) A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

(Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.

(Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.

A mechanism that can move automatically

A person without the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.

A humming or deep murmuring sound.

To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.

To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.

To speak in a monotone way.

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.

A humming or deep murmuring sound.

A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.

To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.

To love in idleness; to do nothing.

Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

An unchanging intonation

Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Make a monotonous low dull sound;

Talk in a monotonous voice