@ElectricAye: Well, that "Monkeys on Typewriters" overproliferation is pretty much standard brainstorming technique these days. Hey wait, that gives me 4 more ideas:
STORM
BRAINSTORM
BOTSTORM
TECHNIQUE
@ Sapieha: Pablo Picasso said: "Good artists borrow. Great artists steal." Hey, wait:
PABLO
PICASSO
ARTIST
ARTISTE
Now everyone in the world knows how I think. Hey, wait:
It's like a roving plate so I'll suggest: DiskRover
Another rover option would be: SpinRover
In more humorus form, these might also be considered: SpineretteSquisher, PropBotMauler, ColorPalPeddler, PingPacker, DemoBoardDucker, TriBladeTarantula, SpinSocketSlasher, PropellerPlatformPuller, StampStunner, and AtomSmasher.
Not to denounce any of the ideas based upon the picture with all of the Pings, but which Robot Base Kit are we naming? Only the full kit comes with the Pings and motors. I thought we were naming the basic kit. I have a few suggestions for the full kit. Matt?
The Robot Base Full Kit is the one that I asked Ken about... hey, you were there weren't you?
The Robot Base Kit doesn't even appear in the Robot category. It is only a part of a robot while the Robot Base Full Kit is complete, except for the microcontroller.
We're looking to rename the "Full Robot Base Kit". We may rename the "Robot Base" something else after this exercise, we'll see.
Lots of good (and great!) names thus far, and some...well not so good.
I don't want to tip my hand thus far, but let's just say that "ercobot" is NOT what we're looking for...I'm talking "quality" here folks...not "slap-stick"
Hi Everybody! I hereby create the "Give the Parallax Robot Base Kit a worthy name" CONTEST!!!
-Matt
I would like to submit the name "ORCA" as its a "killer" platform. Of course if you use Orca, then you would need to create some that are black & white, might make an interesting swirl effect for the platform!
More importantly Orca and StringRay would have an oceanatic theme going... I was initially thinking larger sea creature/whale, but I think Orca works best.
An alternative would be HAL, however he came a little unscrewed at the end, something I hope the robotic platform doesn't ;-)
I don't have anything clever for what Orca would stand for...
@W9GFO: Yes, I was there actually when Ken said that, but I didn't realize til my last post that there was the full kit offered. I thought those were Ken's own mods until I went to get the picture for the basic kit and saw that it was pre-drilled for the pings. Should have realized Ken had a little help from his co-workers........
I still keep my original suggestions, but I really do like ORCA as well. No need for an acronym, Stingray doesn't have one. I looked for a bit and only came up with Octo Robotic Circular Apparatus and Original Robot Causes Amazement?
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Pingster Robot
RotoPing Robot
Rocklin Rover
STORM
BRAINSTORM
BOTSTORM
TECHNIQUE
@ Sapieha: Pablo Picasso said: "Good artists borrow. Great artists steal." Hey, wait:
PABLO
PICASSO
ARTIST
ARTISTE
Now everyone in the world knows how I think. Hey, wait:
WALDO (as in, "where's waldo")
ReproBot
Canvas (as in a blank canvas on which to paint your masterpiece)
Robotic
Base
10 ping sensors
Thank you
BAT - Base And Trimmings
BAT-Bot - Build And Transform Bot
Black BAT
Because it's Black, has a Bat-like shape and uses Sonar to navigate.
EBONY
IVORY
The Wooden BAT for erco types...
So the Parallax BAT is available as the Black BAT or the Wooden BAT.
MagnaPingBot
SupraPingBot
It's like a roving plate so I'll suggest: DiskRover
Another rover option would be: SpinRover
In more humorus form, these might also be considered: SpineretteSquisher, PropBotMauler, ColorPalPeddler, PingPacker, DemoBoardDucker, TriBladeTarantula, SpinSocketSlasher, PropellerPlatformPuller, StampStunner, and AtomSmasher.
Parallax MAX. Fairly rrrrrrolls of the tongue, too.
Peeper
Annular
Discoid
Discus
Discbot
The Robot Base Kit doesn't even appear in the Robot category. It is only a part of a robot while the Robot Base Full Kit is complete, except for the microcontroller.
Rich H
We're looking to rename the "Full Robot Base Kit". We may rename the "Robot Base" something else after this exercise, we'll see.
Lots of good (and great!) names thus far, and some...well not so good.
I don't want to tip my hand thus far, but let's just say that "ercobot" is NOT what we're looking for...I'm talking "quality" here folks...not "slap-stick"
-Matt
SpinRover BasePlate
Parallax Professional Robot Wheelbase
JourneyBot
Black Sun
(fr. virtual club in Stephenson's "Snow Crash")
Jet
(perhaps "Jett"?)
Sable
Is this a subtile admission that you are willing to live in love and harmony with the HDPE base?
You could also mean that you preffer a base made of Ebony wood, but certainly a Green Guy like you would not want one made of Ivory...
Another idea Round-About.
I would like to submit the name "ORCA" as its a "killer" platform. Of course if you use Orca, then you would need to create some that are black & white, might make an interesting swirl effect for the platform!
More importantly Orca and StringRay would have an oceanatic theme going... I was initially thinking larger sea creature/whale, but I think Orca works best.
An alternative would be HAL, however he came a little unscrewed at the end, something I hope the robotic platform doesn't ;-)
I don't have anything clever for what Orca would stand for...
Jay
I still keep my original suggestions, but I really do like ORCA as well. No need for an acronym, Stingray doesn't have one. I looked for a bit and only came up with Octo Robotic Circular Apparatus and Original Robot Causes Amazement?
Fury...
IntruderX8...
NimBUS...
Manta-Ray...
Papa- Ray...
Leviathan...
Dark-Roller...
Reaper...
Drakkus... I made that one up:)
As for the contest: How about ADAM. If you NEED an acronym, then something like Advanced Digital Autonomous Machine.
-Matt
There's no plywood involved!!
Plus, how much plywood does your avatar contain?
-Matt