Re: [ros-users] Tortoise reference in ROS

I always assumed ROS 2.0 was going to be a lot faster, and they would call
that Hare. :)

2011/2/22 Gonçalo Cabrita <goncabrita@gmail.com>

> Probably as a tribute to William Grey Walter'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:
>
> http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/Robots/gwonline/gwonline.html
>
> Just a guess!
>
> Gonçalo Cabrita
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:27 PM, 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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