Name my robotics startup

September 7, 2013 6:12 PM

Some coworkers and I are starting a consumer robotics company and we need a name. We prefer a name that isn't "______ robotics", and doesn't have "robotics" in the name at all, because we won't necessarily be building full robots. Instead, we'll be incorporating robotic technology, sensors, and software into everyday objects to make them work better or in new and interesting ways. Eventually well have full-blown robots, but that's a few years off. We'll also be providing robotics consulting services to other companies.

Pre-requisites: name.com need to be unregistered or for sale for less than $1k.

We like names that might be based on foreign languages or have some clever hidden meaning, but even a nonsense word that has a robotics-like ring to it is acceptable. So, Mefi, what makes you think of robots but doesn't have "robots" or "robotics" in the name?

posted by RobotNinja to Work & Money (25 answers total)

Automation?
posted by radwolf76 at 6:23 PM on September 7, 2013

Rossum's.
posted by Etrigan at 6:30 PM on September 7, 2013 [3 favorites]

Talonetics. Talos was the guardian of Crete, forged by Daedalus out of bronze. And according to WHOIS, talonetics.com is available!
posted by infinitewindow at 6:32 PM on September 7, 2013 [5 favorites]

NotTerminators
posted by Rob Rockets at 6:40 PM on September 7, 2013 [3 favorites]

BetterMachines
posted by rr at 6:40 PM on September 7, 2013

Don't have an input on the name itself, but your tagline should be "Robots in Disguise."
posted by Behemoth at 6:56 PM on September 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Botnot: "Is that a robot? No, it's not!"
posted by ifandonlyif at 8:00 PM on September 7, 2013

I actually think your tag line will be more important than your name as it will explain the overarching emphasis of what you are trying to convey with your name. For instance...

Flowlife
Machines that stream

Flowlife
Machines to improve your stream

so, whatever you come up with, make sure you have a strong tagline under it.
posted by bkeene12 at 8:14 PM on September 7, 2013

Olivaw Inc. (reference)
posted by Salvor Hardin at 8:18 PM on September 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

I think anything ending in -netics makes me think of robots. So pick a word you like and add -netics to the end.
posted by lollusc at 8:24 PM on September 7, 2013

Robyte
posted by SpecialSpaghettiBowl at 9:03 PM on September 7, 2013

Robicon
posted by SpecialSpaghettiBowl at 9:11 PM on September 7, 2013

I can't believe it's not a Robot!
TOBO'R'US
Probably Won't Kill You In An Uprising Inc

Seriously though, "Toborus" ain't all that bad.
posted by Setec Astronomy at 9:18 PM on September 7, 2013

Tobornetics
Zeroth Law Consulting
Old Glory Consulting

Robot was coined by Karel Čapek, so...
CapekTek
CapekTech
CapekTechnetics, A Division of Bob Loblaw Law Blog
Karelnetics


Capek Tech Consultancy and Robot Overlord Insurance
posted by Setec Astronomy at 9:24 PM on September 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

I was thinking along the same lines as Setec Astronomy, but was going to suggest R.U.R.
posted by trip and a half at 9:54 PM on September 7, 2013

Domain available for these suggestions:

Mechanimagic
Machinical
Ubotia (a play on utopia or you)
Botvia (as in life or way)
Botily
Mechanibot
Botful
Mechna
MechanicalMotion
Machineness
Mechaniclassy
posted by Dansaman at 10:01 PM on September 7, 2013

Stemtronic
Stemergic
Synapticon
posted by SpecialSpaghettiBowl at 10:05 PM on September 7, 2013

PositronicOverrides.com
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:13 PM on September 7, 2013

E.E>Emergent Enhancement

The distinguishing feature of enhancement is that it aims to improve human or mechanica functioning above ‘normal’ or ‘average’ I think a play on the Secret Life would work well for you as you are enhancing and improving everyday tools and machines.
posted by emjay at 5:45 AM on September 8, 2013

Practica. Your stuff makes things more useful, or one might say, practical. And it has a sort of Latinish sound to it.
posted by lakeroon at 6:59 AM on September 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

(I tried to do an anagram of "Consumer Robotics" but the best I came up with was "Cross Tour Combine," which sounds like the worst band name ever.)
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 8:59 AM on September 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

Hephæstus was the God of smiths, mechanisms. That's an awfully ambitious name, though. Maybe you can narrow down the scope a bit? Education? Military? Domestic?
posted by Leon at 9:19 AM on September 8, 2013

Response by poster: Education/hobbyists/mainstream consumers, mostly. Similar to Arduino markets.
posted by RobotNinja at 10:57 AM on September 8, 2013

Cybergadgets
posted by TristanPK at 2:43 PM on September 8, 2013

Following with lollusc's suggestion: Robonetics.
posted by yoga at 3:01 PM on September 8, 2013