A whimsical collection of anniversaries in robotics. Coming up in the next few days:
- August 16, 2020
16 August 1980: Viking 1 fails
Failed after 2600 sols due to a faulty software update
- August 20, 2020
20 August 1998: UAV crosses the Atlantic
The Aerosonde UAV "Laima" flew from Bell Cross Airport in the USA to the DERA Benbecula Range in the Outer Hebrides, covering 3,270 km in 26 hours 45 minutes at an altitude of 1,680 m, using only 5.6 kg of fuel.
- August 23, 2020
23 August 1806: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb died
You can link to the calendar directly, it’s a shared Google calendar with id: 6qc6jisliothij6m6lr9gl7uk0@group.calendar.google.com and here’s a link to a Web calendar view.