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Title: He or she?
Post by: Fredrik Andersson on November 26, 2007, 10:48:20 AM
What do you usually see your robots as? Are they male, female or genitally neutral?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm not sure what my robot project should be stated as :P What do you think would fit for a hexapod? I just think it's so funny when people see their robots as female and call them things like babe, sexeh, and pretty, rather than cool, awsome and neat :P
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: Steve Joblin on November 26, 2007, 11:03:42 AM
Gramatically, machines are females, as in cars, boats, and planes... I would assume that robots follow suit.
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: HDL_CinC_Dragon on November 26, 2007, 04:25:50 PM
I usually refer to mine as "he" or "it"... :)
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: maverick monk on November 26, 2007, 07:03:35 PM
with the ammount of time i spent hovering over my robots brains in the last week, it better be a she, and she better love me for it  :P
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: cooldog on November 26, 2007, 07:32:58 PM
for r/c robots i would call them nutural

but for robots with programing that you made i would call it a she

it's just not right for a guy to spend months creating a guy
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: Admin on November 26, 2007, 08:25:16 PM
I call all my robots 'it'

Or depending on my mood, and what my robot is doing (or not doing), sometimes I call it 'stupid robot' . . .

 ;D
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: maverick monk on November 26, 2007, 08:35:43 PM
true, i often say things i cannot mention here, especialy when i found out the only board in my budget is out of stock !  >:(  >:(
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: Tsukubadaisei on November 26, 2007, 10:08:06 PM
It depends on the shape. Most of robots I call 'it' but AI-BOT's android is definately a 'she'. Small humanoids are 'he'.
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: garriwilson on November 27, 2007, 10:35:02 PM
I call my robot "the one" because I've only made one in my life. I guess "the one" doesn't really fit the $50 robot, but oh well I call it O Gracious One, Your Imminence, and it never appreciates it. That's why it's disassembled in a box now. Haha!
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: Admin on November 27, 2007, 10:48:05 PM
I figured this robot had relevance to this topic . . .
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=2477.msg16708#new
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: bukowski on November 28, 2007, 01:37:35 PM
Right now it's and "it", or maybe "pile o' scrap".
And of course the fact that it isnt working yet is entirely "it's" fault.
It will graduate to "she" when it can get off it's dead butt and get me a beer.
Title: Re: He or she?
Post by: cooldog on November 30, 2007, 06:13:10 PM
i think this robot is a guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qOuVfcoRmw&eurl=http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=1023.0

from
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=1023.0