I always assumed ROS 2.0 was going to be a lot faster, and they would call that Hare. :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/22 Gonçalo Cabrita <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:goncabrita@gmail.com" target="_blank">goncabrita@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Probably as a tribute to William Grey Walter&#39;s Elmer and Elsie? They were the first mobile robots ever created and they did look like turtles :) In fact they referred to them as turtles:<div>


<br></div><div><a href="http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/Robots/gwonline/gwonline.html" target="_blank">http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/Robots/gwonline/gwonline.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Just a guess!</div><div><br></div><div>Gonçalo Cabrita<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Arkapravo Bhaumik <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com" target="_blank">arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>



</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>Hi everyone<br><br>I am not sure if it an appropriate question, may be on the lighter side.<br>


<br><font size="2">Why is there a tortoise reference in ROS (Box Turtle, C Turtle and Diamond Back) ? Is there a tale to it ? :-) </font><br>


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