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* ''TheLateLateShow'' - Geoff Peterson

* Mr. R.I.N.G. ("Robomatic Internalized Nerve Ganglia") from ''KolchakTheNightStalker''.

* David from Steven Spielberg's ''AIArtificialIntelligence''.

* SPRX-77 from ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'' is mostly pronounced as simply Sparx.

* SPRX-77 from ''SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'' is mostly pronounced as simply Sparx.

* K-10, KIT-9, and COCKA-3 from the "Go God Go XVII" episode of WesternAnimation/SouthPark. They are supposed to be ''close'' to things you'd read as an actual word; if K-10 and KIT-9 switched numbers, they would be read like "canine" and "kitten," in reference to the species they are designed after. Similarly, if COCKA-3's number was one less, it'd be "cockatoo."
* X-J9 In ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''. She doesn't like the name much and prefers to be called Jenny.
* Robot X-1 from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}.
* Elita-1 from {{Transformers}}

* O2-JOY, from ''NoituLove''.

* ''[[JakAndDaxter Jak X: Combat Racing]]'' has UR-86, a robot designed to takes out its opponents. UR is obviously "you are" and "to 86" means to get rid something. The death bots in ''Jak3Wastelander'' are referred to as UB-86 (never stated in-game, but mentioned in the strategy guide).

* HannaBarbera's ''{{Frankenstein}} Jr.''
* Rosey and Mac from ''TheJetsons'' were not given names that meant anything if broken down into acronyms.

* [[DragonridersOfPern Pern's]] computer "AIVAS" (Artificial Intelligence Voice-Address System)

* ''MeetTheRobinsons'' has [[HypercompetentSidekick DOR-15]], pronounced "Doris."

* Carl from ''MeetTheRobinsons.''

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

* Princess Voluptua's valet, W-2: 9000 from ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is a reference to the W2 tax form.
* In ''BobAndGeorge'', the original robot characters named [=N4-T3 and C1-14D-L1N6=], which ''just happen'' to look like Nate and Chadling, respectively.

* Genetically engineered life forms, actually, but SequentialArt gives us 5C4RL37, V10L37, 4M83R, and J4D3

* Lincoln from ''CogaSuro''. Later robot names follow a Greek mythology theme [Styx, Persephone, Hades].

* Winslow and [[GratuitousJapanese Momo]] from ''QuestionableContent''

* [[SCPFoundation SCP]]-846, also known as [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-846 Robo-Dude]].

** In the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel [[HandOfThrawn Vision of the Future]], there's a character named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Daniels Entoo Needaan E-elz]], Entoo Nee for short. The characters who meet him find his name interesting, rather like a droid's designation. He smiles and tells them that people do sometimes mistake him for a droid.

*** It's X instead of E because under the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system US aircraft designation system]], E is used for EW aircraft, such as the E-3 Sentry.

* Skeets from ''BoosterGold'', he's a small yellow flying security bot with a laser, you figure out why he's called Skeets.

* The titular robot from ''B.O.B.'', whose name doesn't appear to stand for anything.

When robots, computers, and other machines appear in fiction, there are a few common ways for them to be named. See also NamesGivenToComputers, NameTron and LawOfAlienNames.

--->'''Joey:''' I'm up for the part of Mac Macaveli or "Mac". I'm a detective and I solve crimes with the help of my robot partner. He's a Computerized Humanoid Electronically Enhanced Secret Enforcer or "C.H.E.E.S.E."
--->'''Rachel:''' So... Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.?
--->'''Joey:'''That's the title! Yeah! You know, they really lucked out that the initials spell cheese.
--->'''Chandler:''' That ''is'' lucky.

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

* ''MeetTheRobinson'' has [[HypercompetentSidekick DOR-15]], pronounced "Doris."

When robots, computers, and other machines appear in fiction, there are a few common ways for them to be named. See also NamesGivenToComputers, NameTron and LawOfAlienNames.

* ''D.A.R.Y.L.'' ("Data Analysing Robot Youth Lifeform") from the movie of the same name.

* HAL (Heuristically programmed [=ALgorithmic=] computer) - technically ''a'' HAL 9000, but no others ever appeared in the series -- from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* GERTY from ''Moon''.
* V.I.N.CENT, short for "Vital Information Necessary, [=CENTralized=]", from Disney's 1979 movie ''TheBlackHole''.

* When Annie builds a robot in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', she simply names it Robot, and he answers to this from then on. It's later revealed that his original name was S13.
** Also, Robox. Who is basically a box on legs.
*** Not to mention Boxbot, who has arms but no legs at all. [[RunningGag He's like Robox's]] [[TheWoobie lame twin]].

* In ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' Mecha-Superman's is a Kryptonian Artificial Lifeform, also known as K.A.L.

* Mecha Wonder Woman in ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis has the designation D1A-NA.