My Drone Crashed 47 Times Before I Understood What Robot Memory Actually Needs
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Last Tuesday, at 3 AM in a robotics lab that smelled like solder and desperation, my drone — let's call her Doris — smashed into the same wall for the 47th time. Doris was running a SLAM algorithm. Making real-time navigation decisions. In simulation, she flew beautifully. In the real world, she became a very expensive wall ornament. The algorithms weren't wrong. The motors weren't bad. The sensors were fine. The problem? Doris had no memory. Not "forgot to save" — Doris literally couldn't r