1966 – Able Mabel – Meredith Thring (British)

    A prop for a Tomorrow's World segment in 1966 showing what Robots would be like in 1976. Although some parts appear to be electrically controlled (e.g. the popping eyes which are connected to the antenna 'ears'). the black slot is probably for the hidden operator to see what they are doing. The arms …

1967 – Neptune (Нептун), Electron (электрон) – Vasilenko (Russian)

Electron (left) and Neptune (right) with child (Andryusha ?). Electron getting a drink (detail below). Source: Look and Learn – Young Scientist 1971 (Thanks to David Buckley for a copy of the original) Russian schoolchildren have been building robots who can wander through their city, Kalin[in]grad, and act as guides. They have assembled no fewer …

1966 – ARS (АРС) – Boris Grishin (Soviet)

http://www.energodetal.ru/kibernetika-dlya-lyubitelej/konstrukciya-kiberneticheskix-zverej/element-chuvstvitelnyj-k-zvuku Universal Robot ARS  Universal Robot ARS. This machine is the result of three years of Boris Grishin (Бориса Гришина) (USSR) and serves as the home secretary:  1.  Responds to telephone calls and provides a record of 25 … 30 calls when the owner is not home.  From phone call triggered audio relay, which includes their …

1966 – Bip-Bipom John (Бип-Бипом джон) – Nicholas Fedichkin (Russian)

A non-perfect OCR with a non-perfect English translation No. 12 города Кустаная. А рядом с Бип-Бипом джон (снимок 2). это не заморский гость, он « роднлся » в поселке Металлострой, что под Ленинградом. Ростом 130 см (без антенн), весом в 40 кг, джон имеет относительно простую конструкцию, вполне доступную для кустарного изготовления. Робот может ходить …