Chose an Operating System and Direction

I did a little bit of research on which OS would be best to run on a Pi and/or do a project with yesterday. I decided to go with the ROS or Robot Operating System. Details can be found here:
http://www.ROS.org and http://wiki.ROS.org. This had actually presented me with another learning curve. Unfortunately the only fully supported OS for ROS is Ubuntu Linux as shown here: http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Installation. I do not have any experience with any of the Linux style operating systems, so I have a long road ahead of me. Apparently once I get the basics down, there is a lot I could end up doing with my robot and ROS, and there is very large community of support out there.

On another note, a few items came in today. The Keys RPI GPIO shield. With a little maneuvering and loosing the top level of my multilevel case I was able to attach it. I also lost my fan, so I will have to be careful since I overclocked my Pi. The cable coming out is for the HD/IR camera.

 

Two Ultrasonic Distance sensors from Sunfounder. (HC-SR04)

 

and also Two Sharp IR distance sensors. (GP2Y0A21YKOF)

 

Also, I did a little testing and it seems that the Goal Zero battery pack from the Goal Zero solar charging set I had laying around puts out 5V and powers up the Raspberry Pi 2 just fine.

Thanks for reading, and check back later. I keep you updated as I advance along.