1953 – Tobor the Robot – Dave Ballard (American)
From the "Captain Video" TV serial, the "I, Tobor" episodes starting the week of November 2, 1953. Tobor (played by 7' 6" Dave Ballard) was a prototype robot designed to be a tireless worker and...
View Article1971 – Model 2004 Maze-Solving Computer – Richard Browne (American)
Source: Xenia Daily Gazette Mon, May 24, 1971 Computerized mouse maze first of 3 long-term projects for Xenian. by Ward Pimley – Gazette staff writer To a research psychologist, running a mouse through...
View Article1957 –“Mr. Fantastic” Robot – Andy Frain Jr. (American)
1957 – "Mr. Fantastic" Ushering Robot by Andy Frain Jr.. A tape recorder replays the ushering commentary via a speaker in 'his' chest. 'His' right toe has a sensor that counts the passing crowd. An...
View Article1954 –“Sylvania Sam” Promotional Robot – (American)
1954 – "Sylvania Sam" Promotional Robot. The "Sylvania Sam" Promotional Robot was a 9-foot tall talking "electronic" robot that tells you all about pink "Softlight" bulbs. See other early Humanoid...
View Article1965 –“Mr. Obos” the Robot – Lou Nasti (American)
1965 – "Mr. Obos" the Robot by Lou Nasti (upper right). New York Times, March 20, 1965 – By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY – Print Headline: "So What Else Is New? A Robot Makes Debut on Flatbush Ave." So What...
View Article1959 –“DUHAB”– Lawrence Lipton / Bill Riola (American)
1959 – "DUHAB" (Detector of Undesirable HABitués) by Lawrence Lipton / Bill Riola. Photograph caption dated December 5, 1960 reads, "Electronic Cat Detects Subversives for Beatniks. Duhab accompanies...
View Article1960 –“Beauregard” the Robot – Tom Graham (American)
1960 – "Beauregard" the Robot by Tom Graham. There are 17 buttons on the control panel, which Tom uses to make the mechanical man do his bidding. Aided by his machinist dad, the lad labored for 15...
View Article1870 – Artificial Man – Orin Vasta (Swedish)
Source: The Daily Telegraph Harrisburg, PA.29 Dec 1870 A NEW ADAM IN SWEDEN. Curious Story from a Swedish Paper— How a Man was Made—What a New Being Thought and Felt—How He Acquired Ideas, etc., etc.,...
View Article1910 – The Electric Vampire – F. H. Power (British)
The Electric Vampire By F. H. Power Illustrated by Philip Baynes (This short story appeared in The London Magazine of October 1910 with the accompanying Editor's note: 'The following short story,...
View Article1915 – The Radium Destroyer – Hugo Gernsback (American)
November, 1915 THE ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER by Hugo Gernsback. Front cover -"THE RADIUM DESTROYER" from a painting by Thomas H. Wrenn. (typo- actually Thomas N. Wrenn) Warfare of the Future The Radium...
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