--- title: Drones Play Musical Instruments description: Watch flying drones play musical instruments canonical: https://time.com/74234/watch-flying-robots-play-musical-instruments/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-24T11:30:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:03.259Z og:title: WATCH: Flying Robots Play Musical Instruments og:description: From the 2001 Space Odyssey theme to the Star Spangled Banner og:url: https://time.com/74234/watch-flying-robots-play-musical-instruments/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: Flying Robots Play Musical Instruments twitter:description: From the 2001 Space Odyssey theme to the Star Spangled Banner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Flying Robots Play Musical Instruments  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 24, 2014 11:30 AM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 24, 2014 11:30 AM UTC Rock out as [this band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlqe1DXnJKQ&feature=youtu.be) of flying robots made by KMel Robotics plays the “2001: A Space Odyssey” theme song, “Carol of the Bells”, and the U.S. national anthem the “Star Spangled Banner.” The group will be playing live this weekend at the [USA Science and Engineering Festival](http://www.usasciencefestival.org) in Washington D.C. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/74234/watch-flying-robots-play-musical-instruments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/74234/watch-flying-robots-play-musical-instruments/"},"headline":"Watch Flying Robots Play Musical Instruments","datePublished":"2014-04-24T11:30:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:03.259Z","description":"It won't be long before they're hired to play the national anthem at a sports game or something","url":"https://time.com/74234/watch-flying-robots-play-musical-instruments/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/74234/watch-flying-robots-play-musical-instruments/","name":"Watch Flying Robots Play Musical Instruments"}}]}] ```