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 …

1960 – ТУМ (TUM) – Vadim Matskevich (Soviet)

Illustration above showing a depiction of "ЧТС" shaking hands with "ТУМ". Вадим Викторович Мацкевич  – Vadim Viktorovich Matskevich built quite a few robots in his lifetime. For further infomation on Matskevich, see here.