Go to Post You know what they call the graduate with the lowest GPA in med school? Doctor. You know what they call the fourth robot in the alliance that wins Einstein? Champion. - Billfred [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > FIRST > General Forum
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
Reply
Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 2 votes, 5.00 average. Display Modes
  #16   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 03-10-2015, 15:15
GKrotkov's Avatar
GKrotkov GKrotkov is offline
Registered User
AKA: Gabriel Krotkov
FRC #1712 (Dawgma)
Team Role: Leadership
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Rookie Year: 2014
Location: Ardmore, PA
Posts: 118
GKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud ofGKrotkov has much to be proud of
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

Curiously enough, Dawgma has kept a record of our robot names and reasoning through the years, which is how I know some names/reasons that were around far before I joined the team. Here they are, as best I remember:

2006: Dawgma I
Pretty self-evident. We didn't continue the naming convention.

2007: Deuce
Named for its dual function/versatility.

2008: Galactus
Named after a comic book character, the "Devourer of Worlds" - we thought the trackball was world-like, 'cause it was so big.

2009: Alice
Named after Randy Pausch's teaching tool, a computer program that taught kids how to program. Our team had been influenced by Randy Pausch in our early years, through Rich Kressly, our founding mentor.

2010: Darwin
Something about how our program was evolving...
I don't quite remember.

2011: Geoffrey
We thought that our elevator would look like a giraffe as it telescoped up to score tubes. Reality proved our thinking wrong.

2012: Darryl
Now I know a bit more backstory about this one. We named Darryl after a star player on Lower Merion's basketball team - but there's more to it than that. Lower Merion has a storied basketball tradition, in fact, Kobe Bryant came from LM. How, you might ask yourself, did 1712 let this robot go by without naming it "Robe Bryant"? Not only did we have an actual reason to name our robot after Kobe, but his people had even given us permission! Eventually, I believe we decided against it to avoid associating ourselves with some of Kobe's off the court actions.

2013: Oddjob
Named after the James Bond character who throws his hat like a frisbee.

2014: Peter the Great Egg
A consensus name, we literally mashed together the two names that had exactly equal support: Peter the Great, and Eggy. Peter the Great came because Peter the Great had founded St. Petersburg in 1712, and Eggy came from the way our robot treated the ball.

2015: Kaylee
"Shiny"! We named Kaylee after the Firefly character of the same name, who often said that things were "Shiny". One of our programmers mentioned in passing how shiny the robot looked, and the name stuck. Though I should mention that Kaylee did not actually receive the majority of votes for a name; our captain wisely vetoed "OG Forklift".
Reply With Quote
  #17   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 03-10-2015, 16:04
EricH's Avatar
EricH EricH is offline
New year, new team
FRC #1197 (Torbots)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: SoCal
Posts: 19,817
EricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

Torbots use names that have, or can be mis-typed to have, TOR in them.

Given the game this year, "JaniTOR" was a natural fit.
__________________
Past teams:
2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons

"Rockets are tricky..."--Elon Musk

Reply With Quote
  #18   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 03-10-2015, 16:18
Jonathan L. Jonathan L. is offline
Programmer alumnus, mentor, and CSA
FRC #1094 (Channel Cats)
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: St. Louis MO
Posts: 79
Jonathan L. is a jewel in the roughJonathan L. is a jewel in the roughJonathan L. is a jewel in the roughJonathan L. is a jewel in the rough
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

Keep in mind our team name is the Channel Cats so we like to use fishy names. We also like to use something related to the game or build season.


2002 - WIB (What Isn't Broken).

2010 - Chum Chucker also Chummy for short (the game was soccer).

2012 - Bascat (A Bass is a fish) (Cat goes with Channel Cats) (and it's a play on words for Basket since the game was basketball).

2013 - Fishbee (It has fish in it) (also a play on words for frisbee).

2014 - Chum Chucker II.

2015 - TAD Pole (Named for one of the acronyms we used early on in build season for the Tote Manipulation Device) (also a Tadpole is a little like a fish).

Check out our other robots here http://frc1094.org/index.php/robot

Last edited by Jonathan L. : 03-10-2015 at 16:19. Reason: Added a link.
Reply With Quote
  #19   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 01:55
Phoenix Spud's Avatar
Phoenix Spud Phoenix Spud is offline
Everyone. Everywhere.
FRC #3132 (Thunder Down Under)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 703
Phoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond reputePhoenix Spud has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

We've stuck with the theme that the real robot has to have an Aussie themed name while the prototype can have a funny name. Generally the prototype robot's name is determined by whatever becomes adopted, we never officially decide on it. In contrast, we create a spreadsheet where anyone can add potential names for the real robot. These names are then voted on by the whole team before adoption.

In the past we've had:
2010 - Wombot
2011 - That's Not A Knife(called T-NAK) and mini-bot spoon
2012 prototype - Mothslayer (One night while testing a moth dropped out of the air after we shot the ball!)
2012 - MATE (stands for MATE and the Engineers)
2013 prototype - 10 CIMs
2013 - Ikara (Aboriginal for throwing stick)
2014 prototype - Enterprise (The original catapult looked a bit like the star ship)
2014 - Maloo (Aboriginal for thunder)
2015 prototype - Cockroach (It looked like it had antenna)
2015 - Kosciuszko (the tallest mountain in Australia)
__________________
Sarah Heimlich
Outreach Mentor | Business Mentor
FIRST® TEAM 3132
Reply With Quote
  #20   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 03:12
Joe G.'s Avatar
Joe G. Joe G. is offline
Taking a few years (mostly) off
AKA: Josepher
no team (Formerly 1687, 5400)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Worcester, MA
Posts: 1,453
Joe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond reputeJoe G. has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Joe G.
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

Prior to 2011, robots went unnamed

2011: Ducky. Robot was cute, small, and harmless on the field.
2012: Sue. Named to honor our Lead Mentor's wife's contributions to the team, by putting up with our lead mentor's regular late nights.
2013: Link. Had an absurdly large linkage, which could probably do just as much damage as it's Nintendo namesake.
2014: Sailor Peg. Dropkick Murphy's reference. First year of New England districts, built with the intent of "Shipping up to Boston" for NE Champs, to "find it's wooden leg" (first and last 1687 robot with no wood onboard aside from bumpers). Sadly, it only shipped to Boston for offseasons.
2015: Whiteout. New team with white as a predominant color, and built in the most snow-impacted season I've ever been a part of.
__________________
FIRST is not about doing what you can with what you know. It is about doing what you thought impossible, with what you were inspired to become.

2007-2010: Student, FRC 1687, Highlander Robotics
2012-2014: Technical Mentor, FRC 1687, Highlander Robotics
2015-2016: Lead Mentor, FRC 5400, Team WARP
2016-???: Volunteer and freelance mentor-for-hire
Reply With Quote
  #21   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 10:10
Dantheman3959 Dantheman3959 is offline
Registered User
FRC #3959
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Alabama USA
Posts: 7
Dantheman3959 is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

2012- Mr. T Students voted on it. Mostly likely because it was our initials (Mech Tech)
2013-Robud was our fall mock-build robot and Robro was the competition bot's name.
2014- we started building twin robots so the practice bot we named silver because we did not anodize its pieces. The competition robot we named Event Horizon (the closest distance before light can no long escape a blackhole) because it was anodized black and we played great defense (no escaping us)
2015- We built twin robots again so the practice bot was Silver II and the competition machine was named Quantum.
2016- we won't find out until week 5 of the build. Looking forward to it though
Reply With Quote
  #22   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 21:08
pavong's Avatar
pavong pavong is offline
Registered User
AKA: Pascal Voyer-Nguyen
FRC #3990 (Tech 4 Kids)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Rookie Year: 2014
Location: Montreal Canada
Posts: 6
pavong is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

2014 - we named our robot "Flappybot" after flappy bird, because it had flapping wings that handled the ball (with great success!)
2015 - we named our robot guillotine because, well, that's what it looked like
Reply With Quote
  #23   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 21:34
Ari423's Avatar
Ari423 Ari423 is offline
LabVIEW aficionado and robot addict
AKA: The guy with the yellow hat
FRC #5987 (Galaxia)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Haifa, Israel
Posts: 656
Ari423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud ofAri423 has much to be proud of
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

As a thank you to the family of one of our mentors, our robots are always officially named by his 7 year old daughter. In no particular order we have had fluffy, pickle, muffin, bunny, and possibly one more I don't remember. I don't know that robots before then had names. Some robots have gotten nicknames based on their appearance, including Toucan Looking Backwards, Arm Bot, Tank Bot, Fish Tank, Last Year's Robot (even though it isn't anymore), and More Efficient WALL-E.
__________________
2017-present: Mentor FRC 5987
2017-present: CSA for FIRST in Israel
2012-2016: Member FRC 423
2013: Programmer
2014: Head Programmer, Wiring
2015: Head Programmer, Wiring
2016: Captain, Head Programmer, Wiring, Manipulator, Chassis, CAD, Business, Outreach (basically everything)


Reply With Quote
  #24   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 21:59
Anthony Galea's Avatar
Anthony Galea Anthony Galea is offline
Formerly known as 3175student17
no team
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Rookie Year: 2013
Location: Riverview, Michigan
Posts: 583
Anthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant futureAnthony Galea has a brilliant future
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

2010: Sir Lancelot, named because we are "Knight Vision" so we started out with Knights of the Round Table as our naming custom.
2011: Sir Galahad, Lancelots' son, continuing the tradition. AKA "The robot that must not be named"
2012: Sir Robin, we didn't name this robot until our second event, where our school principal came to the event and suggested it and we ran with it.
2013: Big Mike, named after Michael Oher from "The Blind Side" because we had a strong drivetrain, albeit slow (hooray, 6 CIMs!).
2014: Optimus Crime, we voted on this one, and the explanation for that one in the poll was, "Because we break walls", again because of our strong drivetrain.
2015: KITT, we were gonna go with a Knight (Vision) Rider theme for the robot and have an arduino controlled light scheme going on, but we ran out of time.
__________________
2013-2016: FRC 3175 Knight Vision, student
2014 Center Line District Finalists with 815 and 280
2016 Woodhaven District Winners with 3604 and 6116
2017-?: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Reply With Quote
  #25   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-10-2015, 22:46
Jacob Bendicksen's Avatar
Jacob Bendicksen Jacob Bendicksen is offline
Figuring out what's next
no team
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: United States
Posts: 771
Jacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond reputeJacob Bendicksen has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

This year's bot was named Quasar after one of our more successful preseason BunnyBots from a few years back. We often go for combinations of prototype/competition bot that make sense together - my personal favorite was 2013's Dante (prototype) and Inferno (competition). We've also had Thunder/Lightning, Ash/Phoenix, Gemini/Apollo...you get the idea.
__________________
jacobbendicksen.com | @jacobbendicksen

Yale University Class of 2020

Team 1540 | 2012-2016
7 Chairman's Awards, 6 other awards, 2015 Dean's List Finalist, 1 event win, 2 finalist finishes. Thanks for an amazing ride.
Reply With Quote
  #26   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 05-10-2015, 07:32
DaveL DaveL is offline
Registered User
FRC #2976
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: WA
Posts: 174
DaveL is a jewel in the roughDaveL is a jewel in the roughDaveL is a jewel in the roughDaveL is a jewel in the rough
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

My team only picked a name one year. It was a Spartan King. Had some 23 characters and no one could remember it.
I have my own system for naming prototype bots.
It goes like this; Pick a favorite action/adventure movie actor, use one of their movie titles.
We have used:
Bandit, has its own theme song. "Watch that Bandit run..."
Rambo, Used 8" wheels
Terminator, shortened to T1 and later T2
This summer its KB1, KB2 and KB3 for Kit Bot.

Build Mentor Dave
Reply With Quote
  #27   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 05-10-2015, 07:47
Jimmy Nichols's Avatar
Jimmy Nichols Jimmy Nichols is offline
Mentor,QCR Planning
FRC #1038 (The Thunderhawks)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,013
Jimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond reputeJimmy Nichols has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via Yahoo to Jimmy Nichols
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

Our robots are traditionally named after a mentor on the team who has been a key member of the team. Typically it is one who has been with the team for a long time. The names are usually a mash up of the name of the mentor and some aspect of the game or a phrase that represents the game. Recent names have been:

2015 - Relicylce - Ryan Reliford and Recycle
2014 - Jiminy Flick-It - Jimmy Nichols and how our robot launched the gamepiece
2013 - Flying Saunders - Susan Saunders and Frsibee game pieces
__________________
Jimmy - Lead Mentor, Pit Boss, Miami Valley FRC Regional Planning Committee
Lakota Robotics - FRC Team 1038

2013 - Crossroads Team Spirit,Quarter-Finalists - Queen City WFFA - Paul George,Quarter-Finalists - Ohio FRC State Championship Champions
2012 - Queen City Volunteer of the Year,Team Spirit,Finalists - Smoky Mountains Engineering Inspiration,Quarterfinalists
2011 - Pittsburgh Semifinalists - Buckeye Engineering Excellence Award,Coopertition Award,SemiFinalists
2010 - Pittsburgh Judge’s Award,Quarterfinalists - Buckeye Industrial Design Award,Finalists - IRI Mentor Round Champions
2009 - Buckeye GM Industrial Design,Champions
2008 - Midwest Engineering Inspiration,Quarterfinalist - IRI Semifinalist
2007 - Pittsburgh Motorola Quality,Finalist - Buckeye Rockwell Automation Innovative Controls,Finalist - Championship Newton Quarterfinalist
Reply With Quote
  #28   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 05-10-2015, 09:17
Taylor's Avatar
Taylor Taylor is offline
Professor of Thinkology, ThD
AKA: @taylorstem
FRC #3487 (Red Pride Robotics)
Team Role: Teacher
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA 46227
Posts: 4,604
Taylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond reputeTaylor has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

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)
__________________
Hi!
Reply With Quote
  #29   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 05-10-2015, 10:27
logank013's Avatar
logank013 logank013 is offline
System.out.println("Ready!");
AKA: Logan Kreisher
FRC #0234 (Cyber Blue)
Team Role: Scout
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Rookie Year: 2015
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 708
logank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant futurelogank013 has a brilliant future
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

The name of our robot each year is almost always (unofficially) voted to be "Robusto". Then, we come up with a more reasonable name. I'm not sure if we actually have a system. We didn't have a robot name until week 3 this year I believe.
__________________
Cyber Blue Season 2015
IN Indy District Chairman's Award Winner | IN Kokomo District Event Winner (With 135 and 3865)
IN Purdue District Event Winner (With 1024 and 2197) | IN District Championship Winner (With 1024 and 292)
WORLDS:
Archimedes Rank 3 After Quals. | Alliance #3 Captain
Archimedes Division Semi-Finalist (With 503,188, and 836)

Scouting is life. Excel is friend, not foe.
Reply With Quote
  #30   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 06-10-2015, 10:00
CadetGizmo's Avatar
CadetGizmo CadetGizmo is offline
The guy with the horse mask
AKA: Ethan Sanborn
FRC #1073 (The FORCE Team)
Team Role: Electrical
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Rookie Year: 2015
Location: Hollis, NH
Posts: 39
CadetGizmo has a spectacular aura aboutCadetGizmo has a spectacular aura about
Re: Where did you get the name for your robot?

We've had a tradition for the past few years of naming our robots after gods.

2012: Libra
2013: Ursa Minor (changed to Ursa Major)
2014: Atlas
2015: Nasus

I was here when we named Nasus. So, a couple of team members play League of Legends. One of the characters is named Nasus, and one of his abilities is called Siphoning Strike. MOBA mumbo jumbo aside, the move STACKS damage, and it seemed appropriate that we named our robot after the "stacking god."
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 18:50.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi