Anthropomorphic robots occupy an increasingly important place in our society and culture. Arts and literature have imagined many stories and representations of this artificial being while describing the complexity of the relationship between man and machine. ln a cinematographic context where computer-generated images are more than ever involved in the writing process of science fiction characters, the figure of the robot is a vector of meaning on the bodies and digital images that proliferate in Hollywood blockbusters. Operating in different disciplines and fields of application, motion capture and performance capture devices and social robotics seem to work towards the same aesthetic goal : creating a socially and emotionally acceptable d...