[ros-users] ROS K-Turtle Naming Thread

Nantas Nardelli n.nardelli at sms.ed.ac.uk
Tue May 19 06:51:49 UTC 2015


+1 to Kiwi Kappa and Kahlua Kame (but try drawing that![0]).


-Nantas


[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kame


On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Esteve Fernandez via ros-users
<ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'll be the maintainer (i.e the guy to blame if something goes wrong)
> for K-turtle, which among other things, involves helping find a name
> for this release of ROS.
>
> So far, the proposals that got the most votes are:
>
> - Kinetic Kame
> - Knight Kame
> - Kame Hame Turtle
> - Kappa
> - Kahlua Kame
> - Karumbe
>
> my votes go for:
>
> - anything that includes Kappa (because I found this cute drawing [1])
> - Kahlua Kame because of how it sounds
>
> I propose Kiwi Kappa and Chelonid Kame, though it doesn't start with
> K. I was going to propose Kanye, but look at what happened to the
> Coinye project [2]
>
> Thanks.
>
> 1 - http://homepage3.nifty.com/saitamasite/tour/h_izu/topkappa.jpg
> 2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinye
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Bill Smart via ros-users
> <ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
>> No, spelling things with a K makes them klassy in the US.  Ken Konley is
>> just the classier version of you!
>>
>> -- Bill
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Ken Conley via ros-users
>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 5, 2015 8:57 AM, "Vincent Rabaud via ros-users"
>>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Ken Konley ? :p
>>>
>>> Hmm, do I have to change my name?
>>>
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Jonathan Bohren
>>> > <jonathan.bohren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Kiai Kame -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiai
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:46 AM Vincent Rabaud via ros-users
>>> >> <ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Just for brainstorming, any pun on spelling any adjective with K:
>>> >>> Klassy, Kool, Kewl, King, Kore (Core), Katkin, Keen, Kzar, Krushing, Klash,
>>> >>> Korny, Killa'
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Jorge Santos Simón
>>> >>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> K seems the right letter for turtles.... kobuki means turtle in
>>> >>>> korean (but would too much confusion with the robot), so...
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> +1 kickass   cause I saw the movie recently and t-shirts and stickers
>>> >>>> will be cool with that aesthetic!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> and
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> +1 Karumbé cause sounds cool in spanish
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 2015-05-05 15:07 GMT+02:00 Basheer via ros-users
>>> >>>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org>:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> +1 for Karapaced Koopa
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> > On May 5, 2015, at 02:43, Christian Dornhege via ros-users
>>> >>>>> > <ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > Kawaii Kame - I'd like to see the logo for that :)
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > Best,
>>> >>>>> >  Christian
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> >> On 05.05.2015 02:38, Tully Foote via ros-users wrote:
>>> >>>>> >> Hi Everyone,
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >> Thanks for the suggestions so far. Lets focus on generating some
>>> >>>>> >> more
>>> >>>>> >> variety in the brainstorming process. Also think about
>>> >>>>> >> adjective/noun
>>> >>>>> >> pairs, possibly alliterative. We had over 40 different
>>> >>>>> >> suggestions for
>>> >>>>> >> j-turtle, lets see if we can beat that.
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >> Tully
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Nikolaus Demmel via ros-users
>>> >>>>> >> <ros-users at lists.ros.org <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >>    + 1 Kame
>>> >>>>> >>    + 1 Kassiopeia
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >>    On 02.05.2015, at 11:37, Nils Berg via ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>    <ros-users at lists.ros.org <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>>
>>> >>>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>
>>> >>>>> >>>    +1 to Kame, nice and short.
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>    Some more suggestions:
>>> >>>>> >>>    I think Kappa [1] has a nice ring to it, even though it's not
>>> >>>>> >>>    quite a turtle :)
>>> >>>>> >>>    One more (admittedly a bit unwieldy) option is Kassiopeia,
>>> >>>>> >>> after
>>> >>>>> >>>    the tortoise in Michael Ende's Momo [2] - although it's
>>> >>>>> >>> spelled
>>> >>>>> >>>    differently in the English version.
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>    Cheers,
>>> >>>>> >>>    Nils
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>    [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore)
>>> >>>>> >>>    [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_(novel)
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>    On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Georg Bartels via ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>>    <ros-users at lists.ros.org <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>>
>>> >>>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        +1 to Kame
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        How about "keen" as an adjective: "Keen Kame"?
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        Cheers,
>>> >>>>> >>>        Georg.
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        On 05/02/2015 10:08 AM, Daiki Maekawa via ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>>        > Looks great! +1 to Kame. (BTW, I'm a Japanese)
>>> >>>>> >>>        >
>>> >>>>> >>>        >
>>> >>>>> >>>        > Daiki
>>> >>>>> >>>        >
>>> >>>>> >>>        >
>>> >>>>> >>>        >
>>> >>>>> >>>        > ----- Original Message -----
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> From: Kei Okada via ros-users <ros-users at lists.ros.org
>>> >>>>> >>>        <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> To: Takashi Ogura <t.ogura at gmail.com
>>> >>>>> >>>        <mailto:t.ogura at gmail.com>>; User discussions
>>> >>>>> >>>        <ros-users at lists.ros.org
>>> >>>>> >>> <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> Date: 2015/5/2, Sat 15:29
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> Subject: Re: [ros-users] ROS K-Turtle Naming Thread
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> + 1 to Kame, as a Japanese speaker ;-)
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> --
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> ◉ Kei Okada
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Takashi Ogura via
>>> >>>>> >>> ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>>        >> <ros-users at lists.ros.org
>>> >>>>> >>> <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> Hi,
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> I like Koopa, but it may cause copyright problem.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> Kame means turtle in Japanese.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> I want to use Knight for another word.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> - Knight Kame
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> - Kame Knight
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Arkapravo Bhaumik
>>> >>>>> >>> via
>>> >>>>> >>>        ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org
>>> >>>>> >>> <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> Hello everyone,
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> This may seem like an extension of what Gary
>>> >>>>> >>> suggested,
>>> >>>>> >>>        however it relates
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> to a different part of the globe. In Sanskrit and
>>> >>>>> >>> also in
>>> >>>>> >>>        Hindi, Kacchua
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> means Turtle. Other variant is Kacchap.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> Regards,
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> Arkapravo
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> On 2 May 2015 at 07:22, Gary Stephen Servin Cardozo
>>> >>>>> >>> via
>>> >>>>> >>>        ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org
>>> >>>>> >>>        <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> I would like to suggest Karumbé.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> In Guaraní, one of the official languages of my
>>> >>>>> >>> country
>>> >>>>> >>>        Paraguay, it
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> means Turtle. =D
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> There are also a few adjectives to go with it,
>>> >>>>> >>> e.g.
>>> >>>>> >>>        Karape (Short)
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> Kachiai (Funny). Or we can use an adjective in
>>> >>>>> >>> English.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> Gary
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> On Fri, May 1, 2015, 21:39 David Lu!! via ros-users
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>> <ros-users at lists.ros.org
>>> >>>>> >>>        <mailto:ros-users at lists.ros.org>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> With the Jade release approaching, I'm going to
>>> >>>>> >>>        contribute my initial
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> suggestions for codenames for K-Turtle.
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> - Koopa [1]
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> - Kraken [2]
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> - Khan [3]
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Other options from the list of turtles [4]
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> - Kachuga
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> - Kinixys
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> - Kinosternon
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> OSRF: When are you going to release the Kraken
>>> >>>>> >>> (beta)?
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> [roscore suddenly dies] "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> -David!!
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Past names and codenames:
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Boxturtle -- boxturtle
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> C Turtle -- cturtle
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Diamondback  -- diamondback
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Electric Emys -- electric
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Fuerte -- fuerte
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Groovy Galapagos -- groovy
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Hydro Medusa -- hydro
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Indigo Igloo -- indigo
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> Jade - jade
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>>
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> [1]
>>> >>>>> >>> http://www.mariowiki.com/File:MechaBowser_SMS.png
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> [2]
>>> >>>>> >>>
>>> >>>>> >>> http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/11/sept/cc29image6.jpg
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> [3]
>>> >>>>> >>> http://media.giphy.com/media/KeTVw7VjcTJok/giphy.gif
>>> >>>>> >>>        >>>>>> [4] http://www.chelonia.org/byspecies.htm
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