user150: One well-known automaton is The Turk. What is the first one and when was it constructed, including fake ones?  [1]:

user189: The first chess machine:
"In 1769 the Hungarian engineer Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen built a chess playing machine for the amusement of the Austrian Queen Maria Theresia. It was a purely mechanical device, shaped like a Turk. Naturally its outstanding playing strength was supplied by a chess master cleverly hidden inside the device. The machine was a fake."!

From: A short history of computer chess, by Frederic Friedel
So "the Turk" that you mentioned was the first one.

user16: In 1910 Leonardo Torres developed a machine he called "El Ajedrecista". It was capable of automatically playing K+R vs K endgames without human intervention. It was publicly demonstrated for the first time in 1914.

150: <p>One well-known automaton is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Turk</a>. What is the first one and when was it constructed, including fake ones?  [1]:</p>
 189: <p>The first chess machine:</p>

<p>"In 1769 the Hungarian engineer Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen built a chess playing machine for the amusement of the Austrian Queen Maria Theresia. It was a purely mechanical device, shaped like a Turk. Naturally its outstanding playing strength was supplied by a chess master cleverly hidden inside the device. The machine was a fake."!</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9qpsn.jpg" alt="1769 fake chess machine"></p>

<p>From: <a href="http://www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=102" rel="noreferrer">A short history of computer chess, by Frederic Friedel</a></p>

<p>So "the Turk" that you mentioned was the first one.</p>
 16: <p>In 1910 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Torres_y_Quevedo#Chess_Automaton">Leonardo Torres</a> developed a machine he called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista">El Ajedrecista</a>". It was capable of automatically playing K+R vs K endgames without human intervention. It was publicly demonstrated for the first time in 1914.</p>
