[ros-users] ROS L-Turtle Naming Thread

[Jackie Kay]

"Leonine Loggerhead"?

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Devon Ash via ros-users <
ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:

> 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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