1928 – “Gakutensoku” Pneumatic Writing Robot – Makoto Nishimura (Japanese)

Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for "learning from the laws of nature"), the first robot to be built in Japan, was created in Osaka in 1928. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist and botanist Makoto Nishimura (1883-1956). Nishimura had served as a professor at Hokkaido Imperial University, studied Marimo and was an editorial adviser to …

1954-65 – “Mr. Robotham” – Peter Holland – (British)

VIDEO: SCHOOLBOYS EXHIBITION Your browser does not support iframes. A pdf containing the 1955 and the 1965 versions is available here. The larger version is descibed in the December 1965 issue  of Radio Control Models and Electronics, but in Radio-controlled form. It was built much earlier. Here's the introduction to that 1965 issue: Meet The …