There are several reasons why turtles where chosen:

 1. There are many of them, A-Z
 2. We like turtles
 3. It's an allusion to the "world turtle" [1], as well as the Discworld turtle
 4. It's turtles all the way down [2]
 5. LOGO Turtle, the first "robot" that many of us programmed
 6. Turtle power!

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Arkapravo Bhaumik
<arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I am not sure if it an appropriate question, may be on the lighter side.
>
> Why is there a tortoise reference in ROS (Box Turtle, C Turtle and Diamond
> Back) ? Is there a tale to it ? :-)
>
> Regards
>
> Arkapravo
>
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