Robots between Fictions and Facts

The contribution sketches the emergence of the present days robotic art as the result and reflection of activities in fields of art creativity and science fiction (both literature and cinematography) in the first half of the previous century, and the convergence of art and scientific and technical development mainly during the second half of the 20 Century.

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