How it works
This robot name generator labels a made-up robot the way a workshop might: a series code that stands for something, a number, a given name in quotation marks, and a job or a real kind of robot.
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Read the code
Each series code stands for the work the line was built for, and the list under the tool spells it out: KT is kitchen and table service, LB is library and book return. Tap the code to lock it and press New robot name for more units of one series.
Where the word robot comes from
The word robot reached English through R.U.R., Rossum's Universal Robots, a 1920 play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek; in Czech, robota means forced labor. The last row mixes made-up jobs with real kinds of robot, such as a rover or a cobot, each explained in the list.
Tips
- A cobot is a collaborative robot, one meant to work close beside people.
- Lock the given name and press again until the code and the job suit it.
Questions and answers
What is a good name for a robot?
Two names: a designation that sounds as if it was stenciled on a crate, and a short name people actually call it. KT-7 is the label. Fizzlet is who it is.
Is this also an android name generator?
Yes. An android is a humanoid robot, and it is one of the real kinds in the last row. Lock that row on android and every press names another one.
Can I use it as a cyborg name generator?
Yes. Give a cyborg in your story the code and number as a works label and the quoted name as what friends say. Then lock a job in the last row that suits them.
Are these the names of robots from films or games?
No. Every code, number and name was checked against Wikipedia's lists of fictional robots, androids, cyborgs and computers, and anything found there was cut. Search a name before you publish it.