Hi all,
Only an update of my situation: I have been working full time for a company for two years now, and I'll continue doing so for undetermined time (read long time). I'm still very interested in ROS and I keep working on it some of the very little spare time I currently have. I do it fully independently as I don't have the time to discuss what I'm doing, nor I assume that you are interested in any way in what I do (most probably not from what we discussed before), but if I ever get something finished to contribute, of course you will know.
Best wishes, Jose Catena