ROBOT. Human and machine?
14th December 2012 to 14th July 2013
Technisches Museum Wien (Museum of Technology)

For a quite a longe time robots were pure fiction – think of Isaac Asimov’s robot series (1954 – 1985). Today they have conquered our real lives.

The new exhibition in the ‘Technisches Museum’ shows the history, current trends and visions of robotics. You can discover historical machines, the futuristic metal men of the 1950s, toy robots and mechanical engineering in the the world of art and modern industry.

An interesting fact: although most humanoid robots have allegedly no sex, they actually look like males. A fine example for the translation of our gender beliefs into new technology.

Check it out at: ROBOT. Human and machine?