Will they be called HomeBots or HomeRobots?

[Andreas B.]

Hi,

as Figure 01, Tesla, Amazon & now (as reported) Apple is building robots for your home,

what do you say, what is the best spelling / naming for them`?

HomeBots
or
HomeRobots?


Or something else?

 

[biggie]

I'm going to call mine Roxanne.

Hi
lol
brings back memories of an old rap hook
roxanne, roxanne...i wanna be your man

maybe they'll use names like "hbot/hrobot or eslave, iservant, homebutler, ehazel etc.

btw: when the bots break down, i'm holding botrepair com

imo...

 

[Future Sensors]

Both are good names.

"Household Robots" is also used often:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/16/1086647/excited-about-household-robots/amp/

 

[Mister Funsky]

I'm going to call mine Roxanne...and yes, we will keep the 'red light on' as she wears her special dress (don't hate on bot love!)

 

[Sutruk]

The real question here is... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

 

[pb]

Hobots

 

[Centauri]

Hobots

or Hobbits.

 

[Magicpig2]

Not saying they should be called this...but I've got SHEBOTS.com

 

[Recons.Com]

a HoBo

 

[Jannes]

What about Home Droids, or Home Cyborgs...?

Hopefully they are not de facto cyborgs (living organisms).

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I voted robots but I think they are both excellent.

I also wonder if there is a slight negative association with bots (you know, all the click that you are not a bot, experience), and maybe Home Automation sounds more positive? (but yes, long)

-Bob

 

[Andreas B.]

"hbot/hrobot or eslave, iservant, homebutler, ehazel etc.

That are some interesting, creative names to call a ... ro/ bot

When I seached yesterday for 'Apple Robot', almost every single article headline contained the terms "Home Robots" or "Home Bots".

Hence, thought I ask the community ...

I'm going to call mine Roxanne...and yes, we will keep the 'red light on' as she wears her special dress (don't hate on bot love!)

Don't forget, they turn red when they are 'bad' ...

That's an undisputed rule.

 

[capiche]

I voted robot, but I don’t think ‘bot’ will hold a negative connotation in this sense. I think they’ll probably be used equally.

Only have RobotSpecialist in com that I’ve been holding a while, Wish I had a few more.

 

[DrJacoby]

Butler.

 

[Recons.Com]

Butler.

A subset of those could be called Buttler

 

[cooljub]

brings back memories of an old rap hook

Sent me down memory lane, thanks..

 

[Centauri]

What about Home Droids, or Home Cyborgs...?

 

[Centauri]

Hopefully they are not de facto cyborgs (living organisms).

Yep,
no need for living (or self aware) bots at the moment

Just want to say, they can be called anything...

Helpers as well or whatever.

 

[Jannes]

rebots, residential robots

(doesn't get my vote, though)