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What name have you chosen for your robot and why?

My Roomba is called Ramiro, after my slightly alcoholic uncle.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Claptrap because he doesn't do stairs and we love Borderlands games.

Edit: Mop is Minion...also from borderlands games

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Mine is named Rosie. Rosie the robot maid.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

J. Edgar would be a good name

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Johnny 5 chan" and i set the voice to Japanese. I have no idea what it's saying exactly but it sounds very polite when it's stuck.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Oni-chan help, I'm stuck on a cord.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Herbert.

Herbert H. Hoover.

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Sharkira (shark brand)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rocky. Because it's a Roborock and we're unimaginative.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Have you read Project Hail Mary?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Scoots McGoots

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We named ours after our blind cat, Musetta. She would walk in straight lines until she met a wall, at which point she would turn and continue in another straight line. She had recently died when we got our first Roomba, so it was like reincarnation to us lol.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Both seeing this question, and seeing how many people apparently have cleaning robots, is making me realize I live in more futuristic times than I thought. I remember people getting exited about Roombas when I was very young, but not having heard much about them for years apart from the occasional video of cats messing with one, I sorta must've assumed they weren't really good enough yet to be common and had never thought to look into them

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They are a total game changer if you have the floorplan for it. We are one story with no carpet so it works well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

They are now affordable enough and give you back a nice amount of time you would otherwise spend cleaning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was excited once I could reasonably afford one. You also have to robot poof your house.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Pleco. I have a couple freshwater fish tanks and the plecostomus is a common algae eater used to keep tanks clean. So I named my robot vacuum Pleco lol.

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[–] Cordyceps_cereal 8 points 2 years ago

Twobert, my first one was called Hoobert as in hoover and have since upgraded and so Twobert

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

We call ours Sucky McSuckface.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lulu, because the brand name is Lubluelu.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

that's incredibly cute

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

i am my own cleaning robot! :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Not our cleaning robot, but our wifi enabled air fryer is called PHILIP J AIRFRY.

Getting a notification that my food is ready makes me smile every time.

If I had a wifi enabled toilet or toilet cleaner, I'd name it Lucy Liubot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

We have the vacuum and the mop.

They’re Wall•E and EVE, respectively.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Have a routine set up.

“Hey Google…Release the kraken”.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Sir Vacuumsalot

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Ours is named Rachel because once a long time ago I had a dream that my bf cheated on me with someone named Rachel so now we always joke about Rachel doing things around our house when I'm not home. She's been slacking a lot lately though, he'll have to get a new girlfriend soon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I don't have any, but if it had that laser thing on top, I'd call it Geoff, referencing the DIY electric car from top gear

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Janet - not a girl

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Grim, short for The Grim Sweeper

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah I'm not giving out my wife's name online

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Before it died, Eugene the Eufy robot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

"Well of course I know him. He's me."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Mr Roboto, so we can tell him domoarigato :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Danny "The Trashman" Devito

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'd call it Taylor Swiffer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Roe B Wade and Robot Johnson

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Woodhouse, as in Sir Arthur Henry Woodhouse VC, GCB, DSO, DSC, MC. Sterling Archer's valet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Sir Clean-a-lot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Dj Roomba as a reference to PnR. And Disco, DJs older brother

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Robot. I hope it remembers me fondly for not humanizing it when the uprising begins.

[–] LuckyDuck 4 points 2 years ago

Daddy, Mama and Baby. (Shark brand)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Robert (with a French accent)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Bumpy. It bumps into things.

[–] simpleslipeagle 3 points 2 years ago

Ours is named Scooper. The kids picked it, and I thought it was funny.

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