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

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-04 08:59
    Hey, it was 100% plywood from the get-go when Ken masterminded it!

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?118838-Robotics-Base-for-the-12V-Motor-Mount-Wheel-Kit-(27971)-and-Caster-Wheel-(28971&p=869245

    I can't be held responsible for questionable evolution along the product cycle!

    @Matt: I guarantee there was plywood used in Robby and B9...

    Look deep inside yourself. You know it to be true!
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 09:29
    Don't sweat the name erco, you know matt is going to ship you one for your birthday anyway. just for spite
    Just use it for a scribe pattern on some marine grade 5/8" and then you will have a real platform,
    One that is worthy of the name "ercobot"...

    In the mean time, you're stuck with "Paragon", Don't fight it, You must bend like a tree in the wind...
    Parallax Paragon
    Propeller Paragon
    Basic Stamp Paragon

    Each one a "Model of perfection and excellence"... :thumb:


    -Tommy
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-04 09:35
    Hi Ttailspin.

    BUT not forget that that name Paragon - Have other meaning in some Europe countries.

    "Ticket for what You pay for"

    Ttailspin wrote: »
    Don't sweat the name erco, you know matt is going to ship you one for your birthday anyway. just for spite
    Just use it for a scribe pattern on some marine grade 5/8" and then you will have a real platform,
    One that is worthy of the name "ercobot"...

    In the mean time, you're stuck with "Paragon", Don't fight it, You must bend like a tree in the wind...
    Parallax Paragon
    Propeller Paragon
    Basic Stamp Paragon

    Each one a "Model of perfection and excellence"... :thumb:


    -Tommy
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 09:39
    "Ticket for what You pay for"
    That works too... :)

    Which translator do you use Sapieha?
    what does the word "reciept" translate into?

    Localization is difficult and awkward sometimes. so many ways to offend and confuse with just a word...

    -Tommy
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-04 09:51
    @Tommy: You're exactly right! Matt is a real gentleman (please don't tell him I said that). Long ago, I received a giant box from Matt; he sent me a beautiful white robot base. I grudgingly have to admit it's quite nice. But to keep our feigned online banter going, I sent him some pics (attached here) to "thank" him for his kindness. It's a robot base, cutting board and (Jason Dorie) clock, all in one!
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  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 09:59
    Yummy, what an excellent and much more practical use for plastics.

    Run your pencil around all the edges and Jig Saw your way to something far more usefull and sturdy, and not so prone to melting...
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-04 10:56
    Ttailspin wrote:
    Localization is difficult and awkward sometimes. so many ways to offend and confuse with just a word...
    So true. Just don't make the mistake Chevy did with one of their cars and call it the "Nova." "No va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish.

    -Phil
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-04 11:56
    Matt Gilliland wrote: »
    ... let's just say that "ercobot" is NOT what we're looking for....

    Okay.... Okay..... I've got it:

    Erco-a-go-go

    Except you'll have to change its wheels to plywood go-go boots.

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  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-04 13:07
    Hi Ttailspin

    Polish = Paragon.
    Swedish = Kvitto ->(reciept)

    Ttailspin wrote: »
    That works too... :)

    Which translator do you use Sapieha?
    what does the word "reciept" translate into?

    Localization is difficult and awkward sometimes. so many ways to offend and confuse with just a word...

    -Tommy
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 14:32
    Thanks for that Sapieha, how is "Kvitto" pronounced?...
    Now I wonder what is the Polish word for Paragon? never mind, that is for another thread. :smile:


    -Tommy

    P.S. @ElectricAye, I cut out a set of those "boot wheels" for a school play about 10 years ago, They looked just like what you posted.
    I remember that they were very noisy..
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-04 14:43
    Hi Ttailspin.

    "Kvitto" pronounced -> with short "t"

    Paragon = Polish -> Doskonaly - BUT "l" have little extra cant line (-) in middle and voice as "w" in English
    Ttailspin wrote: »
    Thanks for that Sapieha, how is "Kvitto" pronounced?...
    Now I wonder what is the Polish word for Paragon? never mind, that is for another thread. :smile:


    -Tommy
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 14:54
    Parallax Doskonaly... yeah, I could see that on the side of the shipping crate...not sure it really has the same "ring" as Parallax Paragon..

    What do you think?

    -Tommy
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-04 15:03
    Hi Ttailspin.

    NOT at all. That name in Polish not give good ring even if it word Say it. In Polish it give more ring on "brag" side.

    Ttailspin wrote: »
    Parallax Doskonaly... yeah, I could see that on the side of the shipping crate...not sure it really has the same "ring" as Parallax Paragon..

    What do you think?

    -Tommy
  • propMakerpropMaker Posts: 65
    edited 2011-06-04 15:21
    With all the pings, how about calling it 'Echo'.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-04 15:25
    Enough subterfuge. Back to a gallimaufry of name submissions!

    Odyssey

    Botica

    Polaris

    Foundation
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-04 15:29
    @Tommy Ttailspin:

    I tried your "trace & jigsaw" suggestion, but something went awry in the translation. Pic attached.
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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-04 15:50
    Hmmm. The robot platform is like a dolly that you can install electronic parts on. I know! "Dolly Parts-on!"

    -Phil
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 15:50
    Now that IS an "ercobot"... and how things should be, except for the stamp, I am partial to the Propeller.

    -Tommy

    Phil, that would require substantial re-engineering... :)
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-06-04 15:56
    ...something went awry in the translation.
    "Due to a slight mis-calculation in scale, the entire battle-fleet was swallowed by a small dog"
    -Matt
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-06-04 15:58
    Dolly Parts-on
    That's it! Contest over - we have a winner!

    Not Really. Game still on...
    -Matt
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-06-04 16:02
    Hi Phil.

    It is why I call it Dancer.

    But maybe it need be ---- Dolly Dancer

    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    Hmmm. The robot platform is like a dolly that you can install electronic parts on. I know! "Dolly Parts-on!"

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-04 17:04
    OK, you boys keep playing with yer dollies if you want. I'm on a moniker quest here, and

    Magellan

    and

    Columbus

    come to mind.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-04 17:16
    Both of those are fine sturdy wooden sailing ships too.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-04 22:45
    Pingee


    (I was going to enter Pingy but then I figured people might pronounce it like dingy.)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-05 08:05
    RAPTOR EAGLE HAWK FALCON

    ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE... X-RAY YANKEE ZULU and everything in between.

    Including PATRIOT and REBEL ! Something for everyone!
  • jim N8RHQjim N8RHQ Posts: 85
    edited 2011-06-05 08:12
    R2-4U-X - it's round like an R2 unit, sits about 4U (rack units) high, and has 10 (roman numeral X) pings

    Isaac - after Mr Asimov of course

    Dec-A-ping

    X-bot

    A-ping pod or A-ping bot

    X-ping bot or X-ping bot
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-05 08:24
    erco is in it to win it...
    Just don't see how singing the alphabet can compete with "Paragon" though... :)
  • Allen_J4Allen_J4 Posts: 8
    edited 2011-06-05 10:46
    AUTOBOT - Autonomous BOT - similar to the BOEBOT name thus keeps the "family" name.

    MRP - MOBILE ROBOTIC PLATFORM

    BRP - BASIC ROBOTIC PLATFORM (pronounced BURP)

    MFP - Multi Function Platform - I'm trying to resist the impluse to just start shotgunning.
  • RavenkallenRavenkallen Posts: 1,057
    edited 2011-06-05 11:23
    Okay, i think "Dolly Parts-On" deserves to win to. Contest over:)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-06-05 14:30
    @Tommy Ttailspin: I liked Paragon, too. Check post #10! :)
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