The 2006 Engadget Awards: Nominate the Robot of the Year

It's time for the 2006 Engadget Awards, and we're asking for your nominations for the Robot of the Year.

Nominating is easy, here's how you do it:

• Leave a comment as you normally would with what you're nominating for this category (remember, comments must be validated!).
• Don't include your reasons for nominating it or any of that stuff, just leaving the name is fine.
• Limit your nominations only to devices that were introduced and sold for the first time in 2006 (which means no concept devices or prototypes, although we will allow updated versions of previous products).
• Nominations only need be made once to be in the running, so make a quick scan to see if someone's already beat you to your suggestion (i.e., don't nominate anything more than once!).
• We will round up the best selections, and put them to the popular vote.

Thanks, and good luck to all the gadgets!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 3:11PM]

tickle me elmo extreme!!! the flaming version

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 3:24PM]

aibo/Qrio
but only cos this is the last year we will ever see them

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 7:37PM]

Whitebox Robotics 914 PC Bot.

http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 4:09PM]

The Tumbling Asimo

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 4:32PM]

AWESOME-O


CAUSE HES AWESOME

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 4:52PM]

iRobot Scooba. I have a ton of tile and hard floors in my house, and Scooba does an awesome job getting them clean. Unlike his stablemate, the Roomba, Scooba actually does a better job than I do with other manual methods.

[dixon2k Posted Dec 31st 2006 4:46PM]

Roomba for Pets

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 5:18PM]

Tickle me Elmo Extreme Edition

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 5:21PM]

Honda Asimo

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 7:52PM]

SRV-1 from Surveyor corp the ASIMO is not even released to the public yet.

[rda52 Posted Dec 31st 2006 5:51PM]

Asimo, because he fell down stairs

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 6:21PM]

Asimo

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 6:22PM]

my wife

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2007 3:19PM]

Ok the my wife one was... lol...
I nominate the scooba... is awezom

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 6:40PM]

Asimo — because he fell down stairs 3 years ago, but today he's walking tall.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 6:44PM]

For 2006 robots: HiTec's Robonova

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 8:29PM]

LEGO Mindstorms NXT

[nickells Posted Dec 31st 2006 11:02PM]

Is the I-CY iDog penguin a robot?

http://hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ps_results&product_id=18732

If so, I nominate.

[Icepop4who Posted Jan 1st 2007 12:29AM]

Roomba

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2007 2:44PM]

I'm going with Pleo

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 2nd 2007 3:26AM]

Black Starfish

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 2nd 2007 11:42AM]

iCat of Philips: http://www.hitech-projects.com/icat

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 2nd 2007 5:34AM]

Bioloid (serving beer) - http://robosavvy.com/Forums&file=viewtopic&t=288

and Manoi - http://robosavvy.com/Home/1

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 2nd 2007 10:49AM]

Electrolux Trilobite ZA2

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 3rd 2007 11:29AM]

Honda Asimo