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CONTEST!!! Give the Parallax Robot Base Kit a REAL NAME

Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
edited 2011-06-17 22:07 in Robotics
Hi Everybody!
I hereby create the "Give the Parallax Robot Base Kit a worthy name" CONTEST!!!

Rules are simple:
1) No Pllx employee can participate.
2) Prize to be determined by Me.
3) All entries must be posted on THIS Thread.
4) Our Marketing Team + Me will determine the Winner
5) erco is not allowed to participate.
6) Winner will be chosen on Monday @ 4:00pm Rocklin Time (unless we have really bad choices to choose from, then at my sole discretion I'll extend it until you guys (and gals!) come up with something Worthy!

Contest is NOW OPEN!!!

Oh, OK. erco YOU CAN PLAY TOO ;-)

-Matt
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Comments

  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-06-02 15:18
    ProBot

    Should have Googled first, ProBot is already taken, I'll let you guys look it up. Pro-Bot is also taken, it is a Logo based robot.

    Rich H
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-02 15:32
    Hi Matt.

    Dancer Bot.

    SpinDancer
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-02 16:04
    Hey, I can too play, Matt! How about WOODY! Oh yeah, you went and changed that option... So how about

    Cuttingboardman?

    Tupper?

    Flathead?

    Harry Donald Peter Eschelman? (HDPE)

    Miller?

    Plasty?

    Cirq?

    Disq?

    Regrind?

    FriskyDisk?

    JAFRO?

    BYOB BOB?

    AnkleBlaster?

    Spinner?

    PlatterBot?

    Platterpuss?

    I've got more! Thanks a lot, you've been great. I'll be here all week, tip your waitresses please!
  • zappmanzappman Posts: 418
    edited 2011-06-02 16:26
    Parallax Mega-Bot Pro 18" Platform
    or
    Parallax Maxi-Bot Pro 18" Platform
    or
    Parallax MegaBot Pro 18" Platform
    or
    Parallax MaxiBot Pro 18" Platform
    or
    Parallax Pro-Bot 18" Platform


    This kit supplies nearly everything you would need to build a multi-directional robot, with enough PING))) modules to cover 360 degrees of object detection. All you need to supply is power, a brain of your choice, and programming to get it around. The Robot Base Full Kit is offered with a combined savings of $162.
    The products in this kit are almost entirely Made in the USA in our SMT line, CNC router and CNC milling machines. They’re fully tested and packaged with care. We’ve spared no expense to provide the highest quality materials and fabrication processes.
    Features:
    • 18” diameter round robot base provides zero-turn radius
    • Pre-drilled mounting locations for two motor bearing blocks
    • Pre-drilled mounting locations for up to 10 Ping))) Ultrasonic Sensors and Protector Stands
    • Pre-drilled mounting locations for two caster wheels
    • Under-carriage battery pack mount location for 12V 7Ah batteries (designed for Power-Sonic PS-1270 or PS-1272 sealed lead-acid batteries)
    Full Kit Contents:
    Things You Supply:
    • Processor board of your choice (Propeller, BASIC Stamp, AVR)
    • 12V 7Ahr sealed lead-acid battery. We recommend the Power-Sonic PS1270 or PS1272 available from Mouser.
    • Wiring, power switch
    • Programming! There’s no book or code examples to go with this kit.
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,933
    edited 2011-06-02 16:53
    DIYscus Robot Base Kit
    DISCover Robot Base Kit
    DIYscbot
    Ursprung (the Swedish word for origin). I use Swedish words for codenames for my projects. My datalogger is codenamed Skriva for example.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-02 17:35
    Riffing off Andrew, Discovery is a great name. It describes the journey of discovery the builder will go on as he builds the bot!!

    Diskovery sounds neat & kinda Russian, but the spelling would be nuttin' but trouble downstream.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-02 17:41
    How about "Opportunity"? It not only honors one of the Mars rovers, but defines what the product represents to the customer.

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-02 17:46
    Yep, any of the rover or shuttle names are great choices. Sojourner, Spirit, Challenger, Enterprise, Alamo, Hertz, Dollar...

    Voyager is good, too. From the cartoon version of "Fantastic Voyage" with Buzby...

    ROVER is good too, although mayhaps a bit too obvious.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-02 17:53
    Parallax Pioneer has some nice alliteration working for it. Satellite name's a plus.

    Also Parallax Pathfinder.

    Parallax Pingo... with 10 all Pings aboard, it's a natural. Kinda pithy, too.

    Parallax Paramount

    Parallax Paragon

    Parallax Passage

    Vector, Vectoria, Vektor (again, Russian but cool)

    VectorBot
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-02 18:27
    What's it look like? Do you have a link to it? Is Zappman's kit contents correct?

    Where am I? How did I get here?
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-06-02 18:39
    It looks like this;
    28970a-L.jpg
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-06-02 18:49
    Tau-Bot

    Radian

    Pinger)))(((
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-02 18:49
    Parallax Probot
    Parallax Paradigm
    Parallax Panache
    Parallax Purveyor
    Parallax Pursuit
    Surveyor
    Probe
    POLYbot
    Radius
    Sensor
    UltraBot
    Warrior

    Viking
    Flex
    Astro
    Gemini
    Ranger
    Traveller
    Fargo
    Nova
    Trooper
    Explorer (yes, I was on the road a lot today, lots of car names)

    foreign:

    Avanti (forward)
    Andiamo (Let's Go)
    Forza (Strength)
    Allez (Go!)
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-02 18:52
    Thanks for the image.

    Allow me to enter this: Hyakume

    Other alternatives would be like Argos, Panoptes, etc. Anything with lots of eyes.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-06-02 19:46
    That reminds me of the comet Hyakutake which passed about ten times closer to earth one year earlier than the more well known Hale-Bopp.

    Comet
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2011-06-02 20:31
    How 'bout "The Parallax Dalek."
    -dan
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-06-03 06:02
    Matt,


    Here you go...


    RoBaKit - Robot Base Kit

    P-Bot - Platform Bot

    Debate Bot - Wood vs. HDPE

    and the winner is...

    MadeUSA or Madeusa or Madusa - take off of Medusa - because of all the Pings))) and the fact that it is Made in the USA

    attachment.php?attachmentid=81869&d=1307153638

    Sounds cool too! The Parallax Madusa...
    medusa.jpg
    347 x 347 - 43K
    MadeInUSA.gif
    250 x 56 - 4K
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-03 06:25
    AlphaBot

    DaVinci (it's a palette with which to paint your robotic masterpiece and write your DaVinci code)

    Wayfarer

    Flatform

    Freeform

    Freedom

    Quest

    Apollo

    Delta

    Geo

    PRoP (Parallax Robot Platform, too bad you already have a product named Propeller)

    PropBot

    ProtoBot

    BASIC Bot or BASICbot (you own BASIC Stamp, so own this too)
  • NikosGNikosG Posts: 705
    edited 2011-06-03 06:29
    I love... MedUSA .... Very smart Whit !!!!
    (it is also very Greek! )
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-03 06:34
    JANUS: In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions,[1] thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. Most often he is depicted as having two heads, facing opposite directions: one head looks eastward and the other westward. Symbolically they look simultaneously into the future and the past, back at the last year and forward at the new.

    This platform is certainly a beginning, and 10 Pings is eerily like 2 heads looking forward & back!

    also:
    MORPH
    MORPHEUS
    EVOLVE
    EVOLUTION
    REVOLUTION
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-03 06:38
    erco wrote: »
    AlphaBot ...

    I see erco is a nimble-fingered subscriber to the "Infinite Monkey Theorem".

    So when Parallax gets around to building a kit that bangs on a typewriter 24/7, please put my suggestion in the hat with all the rest: The Ercobot.

    My only question: can plywood take that kind of punishment?

    Monkey-typing.jpg
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-03 06:41
    @ElectricAye:Thanks for the shoutout, Amigo.



    Hey, that's it, name the robot AMIGO!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-06-03 06:45
    I won't even suggest MattBot, GilliBot, or ParallaxisthegreatestBot. That would just be sucking up!

    @Matt: BTW, what's the prize? An iRobot Create?
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-03 07:11
    erco wrote: »
    ...That would just be sucking up!...


    OMG, that's it! Kissyerbuttbot.

    Can erco and I split the prize?
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-03 07:16
    Parallax Paragon
  • Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
    edited 2011-06-03 07:34
    Parallax PingMeister
  • OppaErichOppaErich Posts: 48
    edited 2011-06-03 07:40
    BOTax BASE - will yield a lot of hits from beauty seeking people :) already taken by a lot of german tax counselor services
    PINGuino - sadly exists already
    P2-D2
    ParBud - Parallax Buddy
    Parallax Vivat BASE
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-03 07:43
    Hi erco.

    That name MORPHEUS are already used by Bill Henning on one of his PCB's


    erco wrote: »
    JANUS: In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions,[1] thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. Most often he is depicted as having two heads, facing opposite directions: one head looks eastward and the other westward. Symbolically they look simultaneously into the future and the past, back at the last year and forward at the new.

    This platform is certainly a beginning, and 10 Pings is eerily like 2 heads looking forward & back!

    also:
    MORPH
    MORPHEUS
    EVOLVE
    EVOLUTION
    REVOLUTION
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-06-03 07:49
    Propel-bot

    propell-bot

    base-bot

    pro-base
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-06-03 07:52
    Home-Run

    Home-Base
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