MACHINES HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR LIVES FOR MUCH LONGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE: THEY WERE BORN FROM THE DREAM OF CREATING ARTIFICIAL LIFE ABLE TO WORK, MEASURE TIME, OBSERVE THE UNIVERSE OR CREATE MUSIC, AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS, AND THEIR EVOLUTION IS CONTINUOUS AND EVER FASTER.

DURING THIS EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY YOU MEET ROBOTS OF ALL TYPES, FROM THE MOST MODERN ONES TO THEIR MOST ANCIENT ANCESTORS, WITHOUT FORGETTING THOSE WHO BELONG TO THE WORLD OF FANTASY. A TRULY ORIGINAL BOOK, DESIGNED AS A TOURIST GUIDE THROUGH THE TRUE HISTORY OF AUTOMATES.

FOR ORIENTATION, A MAP SHOWING THE VARIOUS ITINERARIES, REPRESENTED AS SUBWAY LINES, EACH DEDICATED TO A PRECISE PURPOSE WHICH, THROUGHOUT HISTORY, HAVE PUSHED SOMEONE TO INVENT THESE INTELLIGENT MACHINES, SOMETIMES A LITTLE FUNNY, OTHERS A A LITTLE DISTURBING.