Team Name

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

And take it from one who knows... if your team name starts with "Robo_____" or ends in "_____botics" you'll likely end up sharing a team name with someone. Better to be the "Dung Beetles of Doom" than yet another "____bots". At least everyone will remember you!

Jason

This. The number of teams that fall into those categories for me are very small. If you're worried people won't know what you, do what we do: Los Pollos Locos in big letters, "USC/Richland One FIRST Robotics" in finer print.

[daniel_dsouza]

My favorite naming convention is ____ of ______. Usually it is tool or mechanical thing of really awesome noun!

Gears of Fire
Wrenches of Doom
Saws of Lost Sanity

It also works with Spanish: destornilladores de inspiración, etc.

[ehfeinberg]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

And take it from one who knows... if your team name starts with "Robo_____" or ends in "_____botics" you'll likely end up sharing a team name with someone. Better to be the "Dung Beetles of Doom" than yet another "____bots". At least everyone will remember you!

I would also try and avoid common animals or warriors/titans. With over 3000 teams, many of the common team names have been gone for years. Try and think of an outside-of-the-box name. For example, our school's name is Blair High School so we decided to name our team, The Blair Robot Project, after the movie The Blair Witch Project.

If you’re afraid that you won’t be comfortable presenting your name in front of sponsors, just have your name be an acronym with an unofficial meaning.