A whimsical collection of anniversaries in robotics. Coming up in the next few days:
- May 21, 2020
21 May 1792: Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis born
Buried in Cimetière de Montparnass, Paris
- May 24, 2020
24 May 1977: R2D2 and C3PIO debut in Stars Wars movie
They appear in the first movie, subsequently episode 4, of the franchise.
- June 1, 2020
1 June 1966: Surveyor 1 lands
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.