Hi Jason and Tom:
I recently created a new web page with instructions on running ROS on the EduMIP, including Beaglebone Blue, under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, here is the link:
Can update the ROS links on the beaglebone web pages and the renaissance robotics web pages from this obsolete page
https://dscl.lcsr.jhu.edu/home/courses/me530707_2017_edumip_ros
to this new page
https://dscl.lcsr.jhu.edu/home/courses/EduMIP_ROS
This new page has a link to assembly instructions that I revised for the EduMIP with the Beaglebone Blue, and links to a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux image (many thanks to Robert Nelson for his help with this) for the Beaglebone Black/Blue with ROS Kinetic and robotics cape support pre-installed.
Best Regards,
-Louis