1952-> Gyro Gearloose Walking Inventions – Carl Barks (American)

"Gyro Gearloose" walking inventions featured here appeared in comics from 1967 owards, I believe. From Wiki: Gyro Gearloose is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic chicken created by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company. He is part of the Scrooge McDuck universe, appearing in comic book stories as a friend of Donald Duck, Scrooge and anyone …

1957 – Hombre FORCYLOR – (Spanish)

Hombre FORCYLOR at a 1960 Trade Exhibition in Barcelona.   "Hombre FORCYLOR" appeared as a promotional robot for a manufacturer of sheets, branded "Forcylor-Trinxet". Source:  ABC (Madrid) 21 Nov 1956 p22 interrogue Vd. al ROBOT…!? todos los días, a partir de mañana, en ALMACENES SIMEON, Pza. Santa Ana, 14 El "Hombre FORCYLOR", es un alucinante personaje, un …

1957 – “Danger in the Everglades” (Mechanical Elephant) – Frederick Keith

  Danger in the Everglades. Author: Frederick W Keith Publisher: New York, Abelard-Schuman [1957] [Thanks to Michael Rekoff who informed me about this book.] Authors: Frederick W Keith OCLC Number: 1420226 Description: 1 v. illus. 22 cm. Responsibility: Illustrated by Kurt Werth. A diagram of Packy's interior from page 17. Packy's exterior, page 13. Review …

1957 – “Artificial Muscle” – Joseph Laws McKibben (American)

Although "fluidic actuators" had been around for a long time prior to Joseph Laws McKibben's invention, none had been used previously for prosthetic applications, yet alone robotics. It was McKibben's use that coined the term "Artificial Muscle". Joe McKibben talks about his invention: More Help For Polio Victims To bring motion to his little daughter's polio-paralyzed hands, Dr. …