1940 – Silo, the Zenith Robot Man – (American)
Source: Nevada State Journal 12 Dec 1940.
Tag: Pseudo Automaton
1935 – French Side-show Robot Man – (French)
Robot appearing at a French fairground side-show in 1935. Other than these images, I have very little information on this side-show "Robot Man". Robot appearing in an Italian film c 1950.
1906-1935 “Mechanical Man” – Ray A. Willis (American)
Mechanical Man Exposed; Talks Freely – (Source – Fitchburg Sentinel, 18 Feb 1935.) The "Mechanical Man" isn't. "It" or "he" is a human being, adept at impersonating a mechanical man, robot or some similar electric device. This was disclosed last night at the Oyster Bar when he was publicly "opened," the act consisting of the …
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1938 – Rupert the Mechanical Man – Albert Creuziger (German)
Albert Creuziger was a German 'inventor' who exhibited 'Rupert' in England. Creuziger used bluff to prevent close scrutiny of his so-called robot "…Of course, there were many people who wanted at all costs to more closely get acquainted with "Rupert"'s structure to understand the many wonders. But everyone refused Creuziger engineer. He stated that no one …
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1935 – Telepathovox – (British)
A photograph of a woman listening to the 'telepathovox', taken by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald newspaper on 17 August, 1935. Displayed on the Marconiphone stand at the Radiolympia show held at Olympia, London, the device was described as an 'amazing machine which answers questions in an uncanny manner.' Another Marconi robot (similar …