2006: The team was at a chinese buffet; my fortune cookie read "Lucky is coming your way" so we named the robot Lucky
2007: Lollipop because that's what the manipulator looked like
2008: Homer after the Hungry Hungry Hippo (and one of the school custodians)
2009: Marvin for Hitchhiker's Guide character (and space game)
2010: Mark Koors
2011: Peg because that was our manipulator
2012: Betty Hoop
2013: George because it was designed to climb
2014: Mr. Krabs because it resembled the SpongeBob character
2015: Yertle after the
Dr. Seuss story (practice bot named Buttercup because it
builds things up)