We got a first-gen Roomba in the early 2000's. It died a few years ago, multiple organ failure. But given the early technology, it's only name was "that damn thing."
Same naming schema as your (potential) transvestite stage name. For the first name, take the name of your first pet, then add on the street name you grew up on.
Mine were named after classic sci-fi movie robots. My Roomba was named Gort (from "The Day The Earth Stood Still"). My Neato is named Robbie (from "Forbidden Planet").
I named my botvac after my favorite animated bot - Rosie from the Jetsons. With two cats, Rosie keeps me from pulling my hair out and adding it to the dust rhinos created by catfur.
My Roomba is also named Rosie and for the same reason. I've had her for several years (a Woot purchase) but don't use her as often as I should. Too many random items to pick up off the floor before I turn her on. I've had to replace the battery once, and today she seems to not want to charge so I should have posted my haiku in time to win a replacement, dang it!
I named mine Gir 'cause the first one kept malfunctioning- roaming in circles and getting stuck for no apparent reason It was actually kind of endearing, I was a little sad when Neato stepped up and replaced it with a fully-functional one.
Neither woot nor Meh has ever sent me a vacubot and I'm certainly not going to deliberately pay for one, but if I did it will be called la cucaracha. I can just hear my Grandma Cristina shaking her finger at it, calling it a cucaracha and saying 'Sinvergüenza!' after it bumped into her in the kitchen and startled her into dropping something...
That was her favorite admonition to naughty grandkids, shameless hussies on her soaps, and anything that intruded into her kitchen.
I was supposed to name it?
Rosie, from the Jetsons.
@lpeveyou Same!
@hallmike Ditto! Dammit!!!
Just like a Pet Rock it came with a name... Neato
Roomba 1 and Roomba 2.
Tho like pets, their names degenerate into things like Hey! and You stupid piece of crap! fairly quickly.
Also, they are hard to tell apart and may have gotten switched. The one in the basement does need a new battery.
My 5 yr old named it CYBORG from Teen Titans GO! - I didn't even have a say in the matter.
Ziggy.
Plan to name mine (if I ever am dumb enough to get one) after famous robots
Hazel of course.
@Mehrocco_Mole I tried to watch that show, once.
Gouda is the only delicious cheese?
What about nacho? That's some tasty cheese, and a fine name for a botvac to boot!
@djslack there are more (notice the comma and no closing parenthesis) but they are MYSTERY CHEESES until someone fixes the code.
My Roomba is named Robbie the Roombot, it's Scooba friend is Land Shark.
There was no choice for "I don't have one to name"
so I clicked "other"
I'd need one to name it first.
Lupe. after hotel housekeeping in a Seinfeld episode where he goes to Hollywwod to be on the Tonight Show
i don't have a robot vac. i call my vac dyson cause it said so on the box invoice.
We got a rescue, so the shelter had already given it a name. Scooter.
We got a first-gen Roomba in the early 2000's. It died a few years ago, multiple organ failure. But given the early technology, it's only name was "that damn thing."
Buster, for Arrested Development reasons.
Also upvoted Rosie - she's the downstairs maid.
Ours is named Monica.
@cranky1950 is that a friends reference?
@katylava Yeah just friends that's the ticket!
Ours came with name... "Roomba". I didn't want to confuse it, especially with the trauma of relocating to a new home, so we kept that name.
Marvin
Same naming schema as your (potential) transvestite stage name. For the first name, take the name of your first pet, then add on the street name you grew up on.
That's why our Scooba is named: "Chewie Laramie".
@ACraigL Sylvester Edgemere. Unless I get to count the turtle I caught in the yard, then it is Yertle Edgemere.
@Pamtha Definitely Yertle. That's a name!
Our neato is named dobby because of his fondness for picking up loose socks and then refusing to do his job afterwards.
"Scar" from BSG.
My roomba was named Bob. He expired of Roomba Death Spiral about 2 days after the warranty expired.
Mine were named after classic sci-fi movie robots. My Roomba was named Gort (from "The Day The Earth Stood Still"). My Neato is named Robbie (from "Forbidden Planet").
Don't have one yet, but would probably name it relative to the amount it sucks (e.g. "Classic Purple" < "Peas & Carrots" < "Amazonian Morass", etc)
I named it the only obvious choice.... RoboCop.
1 - Steve - What's he got to do with this?
2 - Woodhouse - From Archer.
I named my botvac after my favorite animated bot - Rosie from the Jetsons. With two cats, Rosie keeps me from pulling my hair out and adding it to the dust rhinos created by catfur.
My Roomba is also named Rosie and for the same reason. I've had her for several years (a Woot purchase) but don't use her as often as I should. Too many random items to pick up off the floor before I turn her on. I've had to replace the battery once, and today she seems to not want to charge so I should have posted my haiku in time to win a replacement, dang it!
I named mine Gir 'cause the first one kept malfunctioning- roaming in circles and getting stuck for no apparent reason
It was actually kind of endearing, I was a little sad when Neato stepped up and replaced it with a fully-functional one.
I don't have a bot vac, but if I did I would name it after my X-wife who sucks up anything in her path.
Neither woot nor Meh has ever sent me a vacubot and I'm certainly not going to deliberately pay for one, but if I did it will be called la cucaracha. I can just hear my Grandma Cristina shaking her finger at it, calling it a cucaracha and saying 'Sinvergüenza!' after it bumped into her in the kitchen and startled her into dropping something...
That was her favorite admonition to naughty grandkids, shameless hussies on her soaps, and anything that intruded into her kitchen.
It's a robot, soooo Robby.
Neato
Our Neato’s name is Wall-E!
I named my DOLORES.
WW
Ours is named Broom Hilda. My husband calls her “Hildie” for short.
I don’t have one.
Nobody chose “I, Robot?” as a name?