List of Early Robots

photo	name 	inventors 	dates 	description
 	Steam powered automaton 	Zadoc P. Dederock & Isaac Glass 	March 24, 
1868	Zadoc was an inventor who with Isaac Glass tried to invent a steam powered automaton in New Jersey in 1868, it received a patent in March 24, 1868 with the patent number 75874 and its considered the first American robot, unfortunately it was abandoned and only one photo exist of it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadoc_Dederick
 	Steam Man of the Prairie 	Edward S. Ellis 	1868-1904	In 1868 Edward S. Ellis wrote a series of dime novels revolving around an Irishman, Yankee, and a teenage inventor who go on adventures with a giant steam robot with a top hat, he later inspired the Frank Reade Series and Boilerplate.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steam_Man_of_the_Prairies
 	Teleautomation 	Nikola Tesla 	1898 	
in 1898 Nikola Tesla hoped to create a military weapon system for the U.S. Navy called Teleautomation.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robotics
 	unnamed chess playing robot in Moxon's Masters	Ambrose Bierce 	1899 	In 1899 Ambrose Bierce published Moxon's Master which was a robot character who plays chess.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_robots_and_androids
 	Steam man Mark 2,3, and electric man and horse	Frank Reade 	1876-1893	
Frank Reade and the Reade family are mechanics who make steam men, electric men, flying airships, submarines, and all-terrain vehicles, the Reade's conquer all corners of the world going to strange countries, the Middle East, and Native American territory, Asia and much more.https://www.bigredhair.com/books/frank-reade/about/
 	Tin Man 	L. Frank Baum 	1900 	
The most famous robot from the early 1900's the Tin Man appears in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900, He is a tall mechanical man made of tin who desires to have a heart so he accompanies Dorothy along with the Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion to go to Oz and meet the Wizard of Oz.https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Tin_Woodman_(Novels)#1939_Movie
 	Tik-Tok 	L. Frank Baum 	1900 	
Tik-Tok was a round copper mechanical man made with clockwork springs who first appeared in Lyman Baum's book Wizard of Oz and calls himself a "slave" to Dorothy, it later appeared in the 1985 movie Return to Oz, it was created by scientist Smith & Tinker in their workshop, he was later purchased by the King of Ev, Evoldo and was treated as a slave.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tik-Tok_(Oz)
 	The Iron Giant 	L. Frank Baum 	1907 	The Iron Giant first appeared in Ozma of Oz in 1907, he is a giant robot with a crown on his head and uses a giant mallet to attack foes, he is tasked with guarding King Nome, while guarding the king, Dorothy comes along with her companions and are able to avoid the attacks except for Sawhorse who is hit and suffers minor injuries, as a result Dorothy stuns the giant with the Magic Belt.https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_giant
 	metal giants 	Edmond Hamilton 	1926 	In 1926 Edmond Hamilton wrote The Metal Giants which are 300 feet tall brain robots.
 	Televox 	Westinghouse electric Corporation	1926 	In 1926 Westinghouse Electric Corporation made Televox the first useful robot made in the U.S.
 	Human cyborgs 	David Keller 	1932 	David Keller wrote in 1932 the Revolt of the Pedestrians which has killer Human Cyborgs.
 	Elektro & Sparky 	Westinghouse Electric Corporation	1930s 	In the 1930s Westinghouse Electric Corporation made a humanoid robot named Elektro and Sparko his dog.
 	Unimate 	General Motors 	1961 	
Unimate is considered the first American robot made in 1961 by General Motors consisting of a mechanical arm with 2 fingers.
https://teleautomaton.com/post/1373803033/how-teslas-1898-patent-changed-the-world