![]() I would even go as far as to say, that if I had a Roomba I would go for a girl name. I’ll end the small investigation here by concluding, yes you could say that your Roomba is a girl. He further elaborates that there was also a tendency for female names to originate from male names with an added suffix. Robinson also elaborates on the reason for the ‘a’ being more used in girl names, one reason is that the ending with ‘a a’ derives from Latin names and as we know, most modern names today are actually based on Latin names. ![]() Searching for girl names through my own governments’ statistics bank (DST) – the only one I have access to and very reliable, it’s also clear that this is the case much more girl names end with an ‘a’ compared to boy names. So according to Robinson Meyer in this article from, more girl names actually do end with an ‘a’ compared to boy names. If you make robots have female features, you would most likely think of it as female, but is a Roomba a girl because “Roomba” ending with an ‘a’? Let’s investigate a little. I want to dig a little deeper into the last part because I think the shape and design of things make perfect sense. So, by this definition, a Roomba is a girl because it is design and brand/model name ends with an ‘a’. Micol Marchetti-Bowick, Stanford University Here, traits such as the robot’s name and shape are being used to characterize it as female. ![]() It ends with an ‘a.’ I always think of it as a wom-ba,” (Garfinkel, 2004). However, people will nonetheless associate the robot with a particular gender: “ is a girl…it’s round. In other cases, the choice of gender may not be as clear. I’ll start by supplementing this great quote from Micol, which gives a really good example of simple things that can make you believe something to be of a specific gender. Is your Roomba vacuum a boy or girl?Īccording to a research paper done by Micol Marchetti-Bowick from Stanford University, it depends on several different factors like the shape, model name, sound, color, and maybe even personality traits. Here is a clear statement that indicates the relation a person can get to a simple robot like a Roomba. We’ll send you a new one.” She said, “No, I’m not sending you Rosie.” Colin Angel Once, a woman called and explained that her robot had a defective motor. At the beginning of Roomba, we all took turns answering the support line. If you ask people who don’t own Roombas if they would name them, they almost violently say, “No, why would I name my vacuum cleaner?” Yet once they own one, more than 80 per cent of people do. In an interview, Slate did with Colin Angels, co-founder, and CEO of iRobot in Bedford, Mass he quoted: Also, more and more robots will probably enter our homes so naming our robots will make it much easier to handle. Not everyone will do it either, but naming the robot will make you relate to it more easily and make it a daily companion in your life. I think naming your Roomba is a personal choice. Already in the installation process, you’ll be asked to give it a name. Roomba’s does not come with names installed, this is why you also want to name your Roomba.
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