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Robotics and Art - Robotics as it is known in the modern eara of the 20th Century first entered the main stream in the early 1980's. A time when Sci Fi and Cyber Punk themes were avid.
  • Film 
  • Art 
  • Music 
  • Advertisments
  • Toys
  • Posters 
  • Typography 
  • Comics 
  • Games and Game Consoles
  • Illustrations 


1978: This Polish/Russian poster for “Star Wars: A New Hope” makes you wonder if the giant space-panther named Darth Vader could double as a demented party ...




RIDLEY SCOTT Prophets of SciFi - RAY DILLON Animation Segments - ISAAC ASIMOV - Science Channel 

 


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/books/review/rise-of-the-robots-and-shadow-work.html?_r=0

Rise of the Robots’ and ‘Shadow Work


        Elecktro He was on exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair 
Leonardo's robot or Leonardo's mechanical knight refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495.
The design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s.



Automation toys were a big thing in the 20th Century 


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