Elektro the Moto-Man, Radio-Craft, August 1939

Radio-Craft magazine featured "Elektro the Moto-Man" on the front cover of its August 1939 issue (mouse over the image above for a close-up view of Elektro and his various parts).

According to the article that begins on page 72 of the issue, "This 260-lb. mechanical man at the New York World's Fair 1939 walks. talks, smokes, and selects colors! His anatomy includes an 'electric eye,' 48 relays, 11 motors, a microphone, grid-glow tube, and amplifiers." For additional information about this robot, see Wikipedia's Elektro entry.