ROS 2 L Name Brainstorming

[mjcarroll]

We are now less than three weeks from the release of ROS 2 Kilted Kaiju. As we traditionally announce the name of the following distribution when a new distribution is released, it’s time to start thinking about the next release after Kilted Kaiju.

Following tradition, the next ROS 2 release name will be an adjective starting with L followed by a turtle-related word or name, also starting with L.

Important to note that L-turtle will be an LTS release spanning 5 years.

Here are the existing ROS 2 names and code names.

• Ardent Apalone - ardent
• Bouncy Bolson - bouncy
• Crystal Clemmys - crystal
• Dashing Diademata - dashing
• Eloquent Elusor - eloquent
• Foxy Fitzroy - foxy
• Galactic Geochelone - galactic
• Humble Hawksbill - humble
• Iron Irwini - iron
• Jazzy Jalisco - jazzy
• Kilted Kaiju - kilted

And here are the ROS 1 names and code names.

• Boxturtle - boxturtle
• C Turtle - cturtle
• Diamondback - diamondback
• Electric Emys - electric
• Fuerte - fuerte
• Groovy Galapagos - groovy
• Hydro Medusa - hydro
• Indigo Igloo - indigo
• Jade Turtle - jade
• Kinetic Kame - kinetic
• Lunar Loggerhead - lunar
• Melodic Morenia - melodic
• Noetic Ninjemys - noetic

To get your namestorming going, here are some useful lists.

• A list of adjectives that start with L
• More adjectives that start with L
• Yet more adjectives starting with L!
• A “complete” list of all turtle species
• Some more turtles!
• Turtle genera
• Prehistoric turtle genera

For reference, here is the namestorming thread for ROS 1 Lunar Loggerhead from back in 2016. (See if there are any names you recognize).

Please share your suggestions and comments. There are no rules to this part of the process so be creative!

[mjcarroll]

My initial proposal which defies all convention:

La Tortuga

It both starts with an L and has a turtle theme.

[Matthew_Festo]

Lucid Leopard (tortoise)

Lucid : expressed clearly; easy to understand

Leopard tortoise

[damulaval]

Because robotics is fun: Ludic Leatherback

[daviddorf2023]

Agreed, has to be a leatherback turtle 100%! Lucid doesn’t sound bad either

[thz]

Lucky Lappa
(Lapparentemys)

[daviddorf2023]

Lilac Leatherback rhymes?

[khughes1]

Lucky Leatherback
Loyal Leatherback

[Innomer]

Loony Leatherback
Lofty Leatherback
Leafy Leatherback

or perhaps Loggerhead as well?

[Aaron_Chong]

Lavish Leatherback
Lanky Long-neck
Loyal Long-neck

[christophebedard]

Looney …

Tunes, turtles, close enough (but also distinct enough for legal purposes)

[scastro]

AI is good for some things.

But unironically, I like Lucky, Lucid, and Luminous.

EDIT: “Linear” could be a fun one too.

[yassine_cherni]

1. Lucid Lytoloma
2. Liminal Laminaria
3. Lexical Lepidochelys
4. Latent Lepidochelys
5. Legendary Lankemys
   ( “Latent Lytoloma” seems good, it gonna focus in memory “Leaks” & Humanoid “Locomotion” ;")

[Rishikesavan]

Latex Leatherback
Lean Leatherback
Lemony Leatherback

[onkoe]

I like Larry. No real reason for that, nor is it really turtle-related. Just want it to be Larry.

“Lethal Larry” sounds perfect, thanks scastro for that inspiration lol

[khughes1]

spent way too long drawing this in ms paint

[Alonso_Freire]

What about …Luminous Loggerhead?

[daviddorf2023]

Made this for Lilac Leatherback, here to bring peace after the Kaiju calamity

[scastro]

Combining with @mjcarroll , how about “Larry La Tortuga”?

[gbiggs]

I don’t want to cramp people having fun, but I want to once again remind everyone that, for copyright reasons, producing an AI-generated image to show your suggestion makes it harder for us to choose that name. If our artist produces an image for the name that is similar enough, the OSRF could be accused of copyright infringement. Whether or not copyright infringement is legally provable, the risk of needing to spend money and resources on a copyright lawsuit is the problem.