This story, it's vibe and the title reminded me completely of a music track i made wayyy back in 2012, called "It's time to get gone (The schedule's automatic)"
https://corky.bandcamp.com/track/its-time-to-get-gone-the-schedules-automatic
And yes, it was the robots, that made the sound :)
At 3:30 there is a nice bit of 'scratching' that reminded me of some 80s hip hop on speed :)
I tend to get "reminds me of the 80s a lot" :/
:)