It's funny how often we get asked the question "Why ROBOTapedia?" Not in reference to the site itself, nor even the name of the site, but why -apedia instead of -opedia. Good question and here's the answer.
First off I felt ROBOTapedia spells more closely to how encyclopedia (click the link and listen to the Mirriam-Webster pronounciation) actually pronounces than ROBOTopedia would have. We know ə- sound of encyclopedia would have been pronounced as a long o instead because of people's familiarity with the word Roboto. And that brings us to the biggest reason.
You know how anytime the fact that your interest in robots comes up in mixed company (mixed meaning anyone not a collector) that 9 out of 10 times the response is going to be laughter followed by something along the lines of Mr. Roboto, Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto? Having your hobby mentioned in the same breath as a tired old Styx song you hated even when it was new makes you want to scream, doesn't it?
That's why it's ROBOTapedia. :-)
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