Victorian-Era Robots?

I'll bet you were unaware of those engineering marvels of the Victorian age: Boilerplate, The Electric Man, The Steam Man and The Automatic Man. All were early, fully functional robots; androids in the case of the carriage-pulling Automatic Man! Go to the History of Robots in the Victorian Era site to learn more.

A lost opportunity, like Charles Babbage's difference engine, an early-nineteenth century computer? Or something else altogether? You decide.