Ismail al-Jazari إسماعيل بن الرزاز الجزيري

Ismail al Jazari is called the father of robots.

Full Name: Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī.

Arabic: بديع الزمان أبو العز بن إسماعيل بن الرزاز الجزيري

Other Names: Hali, Haly, or Haly Abenrudian.

Born: 1136 CE.

Died: c. 1206.

Origin: Jazira, Artuqid Dynasty.

Famous for: Scholar, Inventor, Mechanical Engineer, Artisan and Artist .

Contributions: 

Kitab fi ma’rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, lit. ’Book in knowledge of engineering tricks’, also known as Automata), where he described 50 mechanical devices.

Articles

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/ismail-al-jazari-muslim-inventor-called-father-robotics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_al-Jazari

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/why-ismail-al-jazari-is-called-the-father-of-medieval-robots-36840

Books attributed to Ali ibn-Ridwan