This page contains a timeline showing significant robots in art events, and dates showing the creation or announcement of the robots.
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1920 – Capt A.J. Roberts.jpg)
1956 – CYSP-1 Nicolas Schöffer
1963 – Electric Actors – Bruce Lacey 
1964 – John Fare the Performance Artist using Robotic Props
1964 – K456 – Nam Jun Paik & Shuya Abe
1964-5 – Robot Art – Enrique Castro-Cid
1965 – R.O.S.A.B.O.S.O.M. – Bruce Lacey
1965 – Edward Kienholz "The Friendly Grey Computer"
1965-70 – Robert Breer
1966 – James Seawright
1966 – R/C Tortoise – Lalanne
1967 – Mate – Bruce Lacey
1967 – R/C "Arthur" – Jacques Monestier
1967 – "Kaliedophonic Dog", "Rosebud Annunciator" (1969) – Stephan von Huene 
1968 – Cybertheater – Lev Nusberg
1968 – Toy-Pet Plexi-Ball – Parkinson & Martin
1968-9 – "Homo Cyberneticum" ("Cybernetic Man") series – Paul van Hoeydonck
1969 – Cybernetic Sculpture – Les Levine
1969 – Tim Hunkin "Mechanical Man"
1969-70 – SEEK Negroponte
1971 – "COSME", Le Chevalier de L'Espace – Jeanne Renucci-Convers
1973 – Japanese "Babot" – Shiro Takahashi
1975-6 – Jim Pallas "Blue Wazoo"
1976 – AARON – Harold Cohen
1976c – ON/OFF – Clayton Bailey
1978 – “Mechanimals” Illustrations by Murray Tinkelmann
1980 – Fuyo Robot Theater
1982 – “A2W2” the Andy Warhol Robot by Alvaro Villa
19xx – Dead Chickens
19xx – Arthur Ganson
19xx – Gilbert Peyre
19xx – Edward Ihnatowicz
19xx – Jim Whiting
19xx – Eduardo Kac
1991 – Kraftwerk's Robots
19xx – Strandbeest – Theo Jansen
19xx – Chico MacMurtrie / Amorphous
19xx – Mark Pauline / SRL
19xx – Pask – Colloquy
19xx – Roland Emett
19xx – Tim Lewis
19xx – Kenji Yanobe
19xx – Kenneth Rinaldo
19xx – Norman White
19xx – Louis Philippe Demers and Bill Vorn
19xx – Daniel Depoutot
19xx – BBM
19xx – Paul McCarthy
19xx – Simon Penny
19xx – Alan Rath
19xx – Stelarc
2001 – Leonel Moura
2002 – Andrew Baldwin -Walking Machines and Robotic Sculptures
19xx – Tim Hawkinson
19xx – Heri Dono
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2003 – Christiaan Zwanikken's Robo-Donkey
19xx – Chris Burdon
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Early Drawing, Writing and Painting Machines (under construction)
1770c – Jaquet-Droz Scribe 1772 Draughtsman
1760s – Friedrick von Knaus
Philadelphia Doll – Maillardet Bros
1820 – Prosopographus, the Automaton Artist by Charles Hervé
1877 – John Nevil Maskelyne with Zoe
1895 – Pocock's Mechanical Artist (Toy)
18xx – Georges Mieles / Robert-Houdin – Drawing Automaton
1920 – Marcel Duchamp – Rotary Glass Plates
1928 – "Gakutensoku" by Makoto Nishimura
1929 – Lady Drawing Robot
1955 – "Mr Robotham" with Writing Hand – Peter Holland
1955-59 – Jean Tinguely – prototypes & Meta-matics
1955-59 – Raymond Auger's Painting Machine
1957 – Akira Kanayama – Remote-control painting Machine
1960c – Bernard Smith's Painting Machine
1964 – "Larry Flint" Painting Machines
1964 – David Medalla "Sand Machine"
1970 – David Jacobs – Pneumatic Drawing Machine 1976 – AARON – Harold Cohen
1977-8 – Anton Perich Painting Machine
1988 – Rebecca Horn Painting Machine (external link)
1982 – Arthur Ganson Writing Machine "Go Faster"
1984-6 – Theo Jansen Painting Machine
1993 – Tim Hawkinson "Signature"
1990 – Angela Bulloch Painting machine "Betaville" & "Mudslinger" 1995
1995 – Natasha Kidd Painting Machines
1996 – Mark Hoskin "Word Turn"
1998 – David Taylor – Pollockizer
1999 – Carlos Corpa Drawing Machine
2000 – Tim Lewis "Auto-Dali Prosthetic"
2001-4 – MEART – SymbioticA Rat Neuron Drawing Machine
"Hex" Discworld computer output device
Early Mechanical Talking Machines (under construction)
1770c- Friedrick von Knaus talking machine
1771 – Erasmus Darwin Wooden mouth
1769-91 – Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen
1778 – Abbe Mical Talking heads
1779 – Christian Kratzenstein's resonators
1806 – Posch Speaking Machine (German)
1823 – Maelzel's Talking dolls and The Turk
1828 – Robertson
1835 – Charles Wheatstone
1840 – Joseph Faber's Euphonia
Alexander Graham & Melville Bell
1837 – R.R. Reisz
1922 – J. Q. Stewart's Electrical analog of the vocal organs
1939 – Homer Dudley – Voder
1950 – Dunn's Electrical Vocal Tract
19xx – Martin Riches – MotorMouth & Talking Machine
1999?- Nicolas Anatol Baginsky – "Elizabeth Gardner"
200x – Jim Whiting ElectroMechanical voice box
2004 – Maywa Denki "Seamoons" Artificial Vocal Cords
2005c – Waseda Talking Robots – Kentaro Takada and Atsuo Takanishi
2008 – Kagawa Artificial voice
Early Musical Automatons, Androids and Robots (under construction)
1810 – Kaufmann's Trumpeter
1839 – Menzetti's Flute player.jpg)
1967 – Pneumatic Rubber Tube Sound Sculpture – David Jacobs
Other Art Machines (Australian)
1968 – Ken Reinhard's "Mini-Computer" Pop Art
1972-4 – Josef Stanislaw Ostoja-Kotkowski – Kinetic and Laser art
1973 – Trefor Prest's BioMechanical Sculptures
Related Art Work
Raymond Morales Metal Sculptures at Musee Morales