Great, lion project shut down before it started. On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:58 PM, David Lu!! wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Devon Ash >> > style="text-decoration:none;">

> width="20" height="15" alt="View Devon Ash's LinkedIn profile" >> style="vertical-align:middle" border="0">View Devon Ash's profile >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@lists.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> > -- Devon Ash

View Devon Ash's profile