We had a meeting at ROSCon, and will up the notes up here soon. In the meantime, if you're interested, sign up for the SIG here:

People

• Bill Smart (<bill.smart@oregonstate.edu>)

• Sam Park (<sampark AT yujinrobot DOT com>)

• Daniel Stonier (<stonier AT yujinrobot DOT com>)

• Younghun Ju (<yhju83 AT gmail DOT com>)

• Joe Tojek (<joet99 AT gmail DOT com>)

• Piyush Khandelwal (<piyushk AT cs DOT utexas DOT edu>)

• Jonathan Bohren (<jbo AT jhu DOT edu>)

• Ganesh P Kumar (<gpkumar AT asu DOT edu>)

• Matt Zucker (<mzucker1 AT swarthmore DOT edu>)

• Dustin Webb (<dustin DOT j DOT webb AT utah DOT edu>)

• Paul van der Vorst (<pvandervorst AT clearpathrobotics DOT com>)

• Mac Mason <mac@cs.duke.edu>

• Zach Dodds <dodds@cs.hmc.edu>

• Bill Morris <bill@iheartengineering.com>

• Stéphane Magnenat

• David Byrne (<dkbyrne AT gmail DOT com>)

• Nikolaus Demmel (<demmeln AT in DOT tum DOT de>)

• Carlos Agüero (<carlos.aguero@urjc.es>)

SIG Coordinator: Bill Smart (<bill.smart@oregonstate.edu>)

Google Group:

• Please see the groups for open discussions around our main objectives.

• https://groups.google.com/group/ros-sig-education

Proposed new features

• Make ROS installation easier for faculty, students and users in computer lab settings.
• Address challenges with technical prerequisites (Linux / dev environment).
• Put a full Ubuntu distribution with ROS installed onto a USB drive (or bootable DVD?) for each student who is unfamiliar with Linux or who would have trouble installing Linux. This should also give a common environment for helping students with assignments.

  • Lets integrate our efforts with Enterprise Ros (discussion points).

• Enhance introductory tutorial content intended for new / educational users.

Deadlines

Primary feature freeze (2012-08-15)

• TBD

Final feature freeze (2012-09-15)

• TBD

Release date (2012-10-15)

• Bug fixes not affecting APIs