History Main / RobotNames

* Both Ash and Bishop from the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise have names containing SH, possibly to indicate they are Synthetic Humanoids. Falls apart in ''Film/AlienResurrection'' with Annalee Call though, unless C-near-L stands for Cybernetic Lifeform or similar.
** There's also the A-B-C pattern to think about.
*** And ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' would continue this pattern with "David".
* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'':
** AUTO is short for Autopilot.

* M.I.K.E., from ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Untold'', stands for Memetic Installation Keeper Engine.

* Wiki/{{SCP|Foundation}}-846, also known as [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-846 Robo-Dude.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Inscryption}}'' has P03, the Scrybe of Technology and a TVHeadRobot.

* If we allow Greek letters as well, the early ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' seasons have Alpha 5 and Alpha 6.

* Biotron and Microtron from ''[[ComicBook/{{Micronauts}} The Micronauts.]]''

* R.O.B, the Creator/{{Nintendo}} robot who has made cameos in several games. Stands for "Robotic Operating Buddy", since it helps you play games.

** Efficient Sabotage? Uhhh...
*** Yes, [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife extremely efficient]] sabotage.
*** Television / Videogame Trope Repository Of Perpetual Entertainment Subversion

* Data of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

'''Joey:'''That's the title! Yeah! You know, they really lucked out that the initials spell cheese.\\

* R.I.C. ("Robotic Interactive Canine") from ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''. A two-parter also involved a RobotGirl named Sophie, for
"Series One Processor/Hyper Intelligent Encryptor".

--->'''Obi-Wan:'''If I'm Obi-Wan, does that make ''you'' Obi-Two?

* MechanicalLifeforms aren't immune either, just ask ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' such as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bonecrusher, Onslaught, or Ruination]]. But if you pick one of those three, phrase it very, ''very'' carefully.

** He's named after the title character in the J.M. Barrie play ''The Admirable Crichton'', about a butler who takes charge when he and the family he serves are shipwrecked on a desert island.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]'', a particularly knowledgeable Tower Guardian program is called I-No.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' has Aigis, whose name reflects that she is both an Artificial Intellgience and an aegis (Ancient Greek for a protective garment or a protector). [[spoiler:And in the extra chapter you meet Metis, whose name is Greek for wise or skilled.]]

* M.I.K.E., from Etrian Odyssey Untold, stands for Memetic Installation Keeper Engine.

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* ROSS, short for Rudyard Oscar Shelton Software, is an AI created by the namesake scientist in ''RolePlay/DarwinsSoldiers''.

* [=SJ3RX=], better known as Red Ronin, from the MarvelUniverse.

* Elita-1 from ''{{Transformers}}''.

* L-Ron from ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational''. Also Hein-9, K-Dikk and J-Lo.

* ''FanFic/NobodyDies'' has the Reego, who have taken names from their Roman Numeral designations -- Ⅰ is Una, Ⅱ is Due, Ⅲ is Tres, and Ⅳ is, well, Ivy. The Ree, though a clone/bioroid line instead of robots, probably also count, as they are also named after numbers (from Rei=0 on up), and three of the Evangelions (or their [=AIs=]) have nicknames based on their unit numbers: Ichi, Zwei, and Go-kun.

** "{{Literature/Lenny}}": The LNE series gains the InSeriesNickname of "Lenny".

** "{{Literature/Reason}}": The QT models are robots, and [[YouAreNumberSix QT-1]] is the first one of its type. To humanize it, Powell and Donovan [[InSeriesNickname call it "Cutie"]].
** "{{Literature/Runaround}}": Rather than using the model designation, SPD 13, Powell and Donovan call their robot Speedy.

* [=Ma3a=] (Mathreea) from ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]''.

* Also Dot Matrix from ''{{WesternAnimation/ReBoot}}''.

* Arcee, the first female character from {{Transformers}}. Her name is RC (Remote Controlled) phonetically.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov

* Robo Drilldigger from VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam. Not to be confused with the real world 'Drilldigger' machine, which just breaks rocks.

* Robotella, the [[{{Fiction 500}} Biskit Family's]] spa robot in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''.

* Biotron and Microtron from ''[[Comicbook/{{Micronauts}} The Micronauts.]]''
* The Cybertrons, also from the MarvelUniverse.
* Victor von Doom, from ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', has several Doombots.

* Megatron (who later becomes Galvatron) of ''{{Transformers}}''

* Chachamaru Karakuri in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': her name is written with the Kanji for "tea", while "Karakuri" are a spring-powered, tea-serving doll mainly used in Japan's Meiji period. MeaningfulName indeed.

* Roofus the Roof-Repair Robot from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.''

* XR from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' is an '''X'''-Perimental '''R'''anger. ER makes slightly more sense but forget that, [[XtremeKoolLetterz X is just cooler.]] (And you won't confuse it with ''EmergencyRoom''.)

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndTheBigSunOfMercury'': The robot who had been sabotaging Project Light was created in the Sirius system and given the serial number RL-726.

* Miyu for [[spoiler:"Multiple/Merciful Intelligential Yggdrasil Unit" (depending on whether it's the Hime or Otome universe)]] from the ''Franchise/MaiHime''.

* The eponymous robot in the ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Transformers}} Transformers]] episode "B.O.T." is a "Biotronic Operational Telecommunicator."

* Biotron from the MarvelUniverse.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'': The robot novels have Spacer robots who are all given the first initial R. (for robot) in front of what appeared to be near-human first name/last name name builds.

* Only a handful of Robot Masters of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' aren't called "[[SomethingPerson Something man]]", where something describes some kind of theme related to their powers or function.