However, there is something to be said for consistency and uniqueness (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Lion)



On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Devon Ash via ros-users <
ros-users@lists.ros.org> wrote:

> To spice things up, I'm still going to propose Leonardo Lion with these
> four points to counter the four points above:
>
> 1. A Lion robot hasn't been made yet, and we're doing futuristic work with
> goals and ambitions such that our operating system will run a lion
> 2. We can keep all the old turtle references. But in the future start
> making Lion references to show newness, and a vibrancy for the future of ROS
> 3. Lions have always been symbols of courage and pride in the work from
> all of history
> 4. If ROS is the Lion, then we are the lion tamers. I'd say we're all a
> pretty smart bunch
>
> 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Arkapravo Bhaumik <
> arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Devon, joq
>>
>> The reasons cited for the turtle reference are;
>>
>>    1.  Reference to the first mobile robots made; William Grey Walter's
>>    Elmer and Elsie - Turtle robots
>>    2. LOGO Turtle, probably the simplest GUI based simulations for
>>    navigation. ROS also has a package very similar to the LOGO Turtle and it
>>    is often recommended as a tutorial for newbies.
>>    3. "It's turtles all the way down" - iconic references in various
>>    popular texts, viz. Brief History Of Time
>>    4. Proverbial reference of the turtle and the hare - where hard and
>>    consistent labour wins over street smartness - isn't ROS much like that
>>
>> So, seems we are stuck with the turtle, least for some time to come ! :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Arkapravo
>> --
>> Arkapravo Bhaumik
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