A whimsical collection of anniversaries in robotics. Coming up in the next few days:
- October 10, 2026
10 October 2005 (21 years ago): DARPA Grand Challenge 2
Won by Stanley from Stanford.
- October 13, 2026
13 October 2003 (23 years ago): FastSLAM algorithm published
Montemerlo, Thrun, Koller, and Wegbreit publish FastSLAM, enabling real-time particle filter SLAM with high-dimensional maps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping#FastSLAM
- October 16, 2026
16 October 1843 (183 years ago): Quaternion invented
Sir William Rowan Hamilton carves the fundamental formula for quaternions into Brougham Bridge.
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