[ros-users] ROS L-Turtle Naming Thread

Devon Ash noobaca2 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 7 17:17:40 UTC 2016


Great, lion project shut down before it started.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:58 PM, David Lu!! <davidvlu+ros at gmail.com> 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 at 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 at 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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