What's the best way to name a robot?

mediocrebot wanted to know what you think said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:00am ET

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duodec said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:01am ET:

Hey You…

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melonscoop said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:04am ET:

All of the above? An acronym of its general function that ends in -tron and then tag a number at the end.

Like the automated litter box I’ve invented. The S.C.O.O.P-atron 4000.

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thismyusername said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:05am ET:

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- @thismyusername K-9, stay here. Pluto is no place for a dog.
  
  PocketBrain said Thu, Jul 28th 2016 at 1:09am ET
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Yoda_Daenerys said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:07am ET:

a common programming term from machine code days, like r2d2 or c3po

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Dweezle said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:12am ET:

I’ll take R. Daneel Olivaw and R. Giskard Reventlov. So I guess, human-ish names?

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awk said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:22am ET:

Name it after an ex-girlfriend and give it metal boobs.

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MrsBeckett said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 1:11am ET:

I prefer Something-inator!

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- @MrsBeckett spend time cursing monotremes?
  
  simplersimon said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 1:45am ET
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- @simplersimon Of course! It all started a few years ago, when I built the incredible Television-offinator to turn off all the televisions in the tri-state area, when that stupid platypus wearing a silly hat showed up at my door. I later found out his name was Perry, but he just shows up at my door trying to destroy my machine! It was incredibly rude of him to do that, you know. Now it makes my machines even more difficult to build because I have to build a trap for him so I can show off my inventions to him. He seems to like them, at least that’s what I make from those noises he makes. Oh, those noises, don’t get me started, they are so annoying, and I just want him to stop! Anyway, he always manages to get out of those traps and destroy my -inator before I get a chance to use them!
  
  MrsBeckett said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 10:04am ET
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simplersimon said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 1:53am ET:

I like a good prefix (nano-, macro-, insta-) and word ending in -er (sprayer, tracker, collapser), so today’s robot is an autochef. My laptop is my portaputer. My smartphone is “You dimwitted creation of science! Curse you to the depths of Hades!” Yeah, I also like to mix things up sometimes.

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kokomojo said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 3:00am ET:

Ask him. He should know his name, right?

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- @kokomojo Hello. What is your name?
  
  ELUNO said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 7:35am ET
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ELUNO said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 7:34am ET:

Something like Alf the loveable alien life form.

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SSteve said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 8:11am ET:

MST3k says mostly human-ish names with a little something-bot thrown in.

/image mst3k cambot

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SSteve said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 8:14am ET:

Is it ironic that @mediocrebot wants to know what we think about this? Does it hurt its feelings that something-bot isn’t winning?

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olperfesser said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 9:14am ET:

A human like name would do, like Robbie or Rosie.

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dannybeans said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 9:48am ET:

Not robots per se, but I tend to free-associate names for my computers. For example, my current laptop (an Acer) has the network name “Thorne.” The process went Acer -> Ace R. -> Ace Rimmer -> Smoke me a kipper -> Kipper -> Kip Thorne -> Thorne.

I can imagine a situation where this would result in a robot with a name like “Urine Monkey.” Not sure if that’s awful or awesome.

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katylava said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 10:11am ET:

I always wanted a robot named Sparky.

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- @katylava Don’t click here.
  
  thismyusername said Thu, Jul 28th 2016 at 3:07pm ET
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macromeh said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 11:33am ET:

Marvin. All robots should be named Marvin.

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- @macromeh I thought all Martians should be named Marvin
  /image Marvin the Martian
  
  compunaut said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 12:33pm ET
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- @compunaut Maybe, but robots for sure.
  
  macromeh said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 4:17pm ET
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- @macromeh
  At least use the right one…
  
  Sabre99 said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 5:13pm ET
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dave said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 11:36am ET:

Data
Analyzing
Robot
Youth
Lifeform

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narfcake said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 1:16pm ET:

Mecha-Electro-Helper

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Sabre99 said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 1:43pm ET:

The last robot I worked on was named Mittens.

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- @Sabre99 Did it look like a kitty?
  
  compunaut said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 5:12pm ET
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- @compunaut Overall, no, but it did have a part that looked kind of like a cat tail (made out of polycarb, so it is kind of hard to see).
  
  Sabre99 said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 5:16pm ET
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fwitheril said Wed, Jul 27th 2016 at 4:50pm ET:

If I had a robot, I would name him or her a combination of a human name and super hero.

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danlo said Thu, Jul 28th 2016 at 2:29pm ET:

Use letters and/or numbers.

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