Early Humanoid Robots
A timeline showing the history of Humanoid Robots, events with dates being the creation or announcement of the robots.
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1867- all The Steam Men
1886- Ali the Electrical Automaton – De Lacy.jpg)
1894- "Electric Man" 
1909- "Occultus" / "Barbarossa" – Adolph Whitman
1911- "Miss Automaton" – Belcher
1913 – French Automaton
1920- Capt Alban J. Roberts – "Kaiser" 
1923-28 Capt A.J. Roberts – Robot
1924- Radio Automaton / Robot Soldier – Hugo Gernsback 
1927- Roy J. Wensley – "Herbert Televox" (Westinghouse)
1928 – Capt W.H. Richards – "Eric Robot" – RUR
1928 – Mechanical Man – "Rupert" I and II 
1928 – "The Psychophonic Nurse" (Fiction) by David H. Keller
1928 – "Gakutensoku" by Makoto Nishimura
1929 – "Telelux" – (Westinghouse)
1929 – "Dr Motor" – Tarján Ferenc 
1929 – "M. M." the Mechanische Mensch (Mechanical Man) – P. Geerlviet Jr.
1930 – Sheet Metal Man
1930 – Wendling – "Televox" (Swiss)
1930 – Huber – "SABOR II"
1930 – "Katrina Van Televox" (Westinghouse)
1930 – "Rastus" & "Willie Jr." (Westinghouse)
1930 – Yasutaro Mitsui 's Robot
1930 – Remarque the Robot in Japan
1931 – "Mr. Radio Robot"
1931 – "Willie Vocalite" – Westinghouse – Barnett
1932 – "Alpha" aka "Roboter" – Harry May 
1932 – "George" & "Robert" – Capt W.H. Richards
1932 – The Iron Man
1933 – "Mr OhmKilowatt"
1933 – "Willie" – Bober
1933 – Cocktail Robot
1933 – "Tillie the Technocrat" Robot
1934 – Fortune Teller Robot
1934 – "Egbert" – Franklin Institute
1934 – "Macaz" Cuban Robot
1934 – "Mac Robot"
1935 – Unknown Mechanical Man
1935 – "Mr X – Radio Robot"
1935 – "Anthrophor" by Franz Von Okolicsanyi 
1935 – Lifelike Robot – Milton Tenenbaum 
1935 – “Mental Telepathy” Robot by Enrico Garcia
1936 – "Robie" the Radio-Controlled Robot
1936-37 – B2M – (ROM or V2M) Vadim Vatskevich
1936 – Negro Mechanical Man
1937 – Budapest Robot
1937 – Professor Arcadius – Decamps & Durand
1937 – "Elektro" – Westinghouse
1937 – Radio Robot
1937 – Telepathic Robot – The Scientific Miracle
1938 – Huber's "SABOR IV"
1938 – Rizzo – "Big Looie"
1938 – 1st Robot by Charles Lawson 
1939 – "Clarence"
1939 – "Superman Dennis" by Charles Lawson
1940 – "Sparko" – Westinghouse
1940 – “Roll-Oh” the Domestic Robot
1947 – Huber & Steuer's SABOR V
1948 – "Anatole the Robot" a.k.a. "Marsulus" and "Gustave"
1948 – "Robin the Robot" – Patrick Rizzo
1949 – Tony Sale – "George the Robot"
1950 – N.S.U. Motorcycle Robot Driver 1951 – "James the Intelligent Robot" – Edmund C. Berkeley 
1951 – "Joe Dynamo"
1952 – Unknown – Paris
1952 – "Ebenezer" Robot 
1952 – "Roberto"
1953 – "Garco" – Chapman
1953 – "Horace the Robot"
1953 – "Mr Magnetron"
1953 – "El Chispas" (Sparks) Robot by Antoni Gual Segura
1954 – Peter Steuer & Eric Lanz SABOR V
1954 – "Anatole" the Robot Secretary
1954 – "Thodar the Robot" – Ron Hezel 
1954 – "Gismo the Peaceful"
1954 – "Magnamo"
1954 – "Sylvania Sam"
1955 – "Arthur the Robot" – Kirt Golden
1955 – "Mr Robotham" – Holland
1956 – "Robert the Robot" – Bernard Smith 
1957 – "Gygan" / "Cygan" -Dr. Ing. Piero Fiorito
1957 – "Hombre FORCYLOR"
1957 – "Robotron"
1957 – "Romoletto"
1957 – "Otto" the Robot
1958 – Scholz "MM6"
1958 – Wendling – "Mekko" / "Firato"
1958 – "COSMOS the Martian" 
1959 – Peter Steuer's Nico, St. Nikolaus, and SamiKlause
1959 – РУМ (RUM) – Vadim Matskevich
1960 – ТУМ (TUM) – Vadim Vatskevich
1960 – "Rudy"- Michael Freeman
1960 – "Beauregard" the Robot by Tom Graham
1961 – Chinese Robot
1961 – "Rainbow" by A.M. Atton
1961 – Scholz "MM7" 
1962 – Torun – Polish Robot by Marian Jasnoch
1962 – Kirov Robots
1962 – Szegedi Robot Man by Dr. Muszka Dániel
1963 – Сепулька (Sepulka) – Russian Tour Guide
1964c – Vanya or GPTU
1963 – Electric Actors – Bruce Lacey
1964 – Jayson the Robot
1964 – Freddie Ford the Robot 
1964 – K456 – Nam Jun Paik & Shuya Abe
1965 – R.O.S.A. B.O.S.O.M. by Bruce Lacey
1965 – Hungarian Robot
1965 – Meccano Promo Robot
1965 – Mr. Obos the Robot
1965 – "Kunibert" by L. Hilderbrand
1965 – NASA Robot Astronaut
1966 – Dennis Weston – "Tinker"
1966 – Robot 2T2 
1966 – ARS (АРС) – Boris Grishin
1966 – Bip-Bipom John (Бип-Бипом джон) – Fedichkin
1966 – Volzhanin (Волжанин)
1966 – Rodnee Robot – Southall
1967- Soviet Circus Robot – Oleg Sokol
1967- Neptune (Нептун), Electron (электрон) – Vasilenko
1967 – Sibiryak (Сибиряк) Sirbian Robot
1967 – Sim One – Denson & Abrahamson
1967 – "Mr Magnetron"
1968 – Alpha-BC (Альфа-БС)
1969 – Coleman – "Commander Robot"
1969-70 – RZR (РЗР) Malinovsky Bikchentaev
1970 – Dennis Weston – "Percy"
1970 – Expo-70 Robot – Vadim Matskevich's students
1970 – Baby Robot (МАЛЫША)
1970 – "REM"
1970 – Conductor Robot – (Russian)
1971 – MARSIK (марсик)
1971 – BWKA (or Beech) (БУКА)
1973 – “Robbie” the Pulpit Robot by Rev. Ron Mackenzie
1976 – Peter Steuer's SABOR V "Orbitus"
1976 – Robbie by Tom Clayton
1977 – Skora – "AROK" & "SNEB"
1977 – "Klatu" by Quasar Ind.
1979 – "Vintage" Robot by Tony Ellis
1979 – “NUTRO” the Robot.jpg)
1979 – Electromechanical Servant 
1980- "Mr Robotham the Great" by Peter Holland 
1980 – "SICO" by Robert Doornick
1980 – Orion Robot (Орион)
1982 – RB5X
1982 – “Marilyn Monroe” the Cybot by Shunichi Mizuno
1982 – “A2W2” the Andy Warhol Robot by Alvaro Villa
1983 – "VOR" OMNIVOR – OMNIVAC Lonergan/Frederick
1983 – MARVIN Mark I
1985 – "Pal" (a.k.a. "H.E.N.R.I. VIII") the Robot – Doug Trumbull
1985 – George Robot – Dan Mathias
1987 – Humanoid robot by Alexander Mészáros
1988 – "Manny" the Robot Mannequin
2011 – "Mystic Mec" by Chris Shute
Miscellaneous and Unknown Robots inc "Carletto" (Italian)
1955 – Ducret's Robot
1966 – Dalek model by C. Rowland
1978 – Sam
1981 – Argon – Arthur
Early Mobile Robots now has its own page here.
Old Science Fair robots now has its own page here.
Pseudo Automata, Fakes & Robot costumes now has its own page here.
Early Japanese Robots
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1934 – Jiro Aizawa
1936 – Robot Remote Controlled Train
19xx – Mini-Musician Robots
1947 – Universal Robot No. 2
1948 – "Tamakichi-kun" the Mechanical Elephant
1948 – Ueno's Robotized "Monkey Train"
1957 – Time-telling Robot
1959 – Mr. Ichiro the Robot
1960 – Mr. Shinsuk the Robot
1961 – Mr. Fugio the Robot
1962c – Mr. Spark the Robot
1962 – Goro the Robot
1960 – Mr. Saburo the Robot
1967 – Mr. Hachiro the Robot
1967 – Mr. Juro the Robot
1968 – Atomic Drawing & Stamping Robot
1969 – Mr. Taro the Cameraman Robot
1970 – Mr. Kuro the Robot
1970 – 7ft-tall Blue Robot – Expo'70
1973 – Mr. Tetsu Green Stamping Robot
19xx – Mr. Ryo the Drawing Robot.jpg)
19xx – Blue Stamping Robot
19xx – Unknown Robot
19xx – Mr. "Robot"
1970 – Expo'70 Fujipan Pavillion Robots
1970 – Expo'70 Osaka Demonstration Robot by Arata Isozaki
1983 – COSMO1 – Dainichi Kiko
1985 – Marco and the Fuyo Robot Theater Expo'85