I recently argued here that there’s a danger of ‘sex robot’ manufacturers deliberately making hysteric soundbites as regards the supposed possible dangers of their products, simply in order to get some clicks and media attention. It’s already backfiring in that South Korea has become the first, and very likely not the last, to come close… Read More »
Leading ‘MGTOW’ (‘men go their own way) YouTuber ‘Sandman’ discusses why we still do not have realistic sex robots. What might he holding such tech back, he and one of his viewers contends, is that the makers of sex robots are trying too hard to create a robot that speaks, rather than a robot that… Read More »
There’s been a shortage of good sex robot videos on YouTube recently, but I did come across this gem – an irreverent and humorous, yet actually very informative guide to the history of sex robots, in a cartoon presentation. Starting from the origin of the dream of artificial women with the Greek myth of Pygmalion,… Read More »
After a disappointing trajectory in the growth of virtual reality porn, sex tech watchers began 2018 with hopes that it would be the year that sex robots were finally going to become a thing. Unfortunately, we’re still waiting as we welcome in another New Year. Widespread relief that an infamous ‘teledildonics’ patent had finally expired… Read More »
A three minute CBS report on sex robots, with the emphasis on Mat McMullen’s Realbotix ‘Harmony’ sex robot – originally due to go on sale in February, but now seemingly promised ‘by the end of this year’.
Dr Sergie Santos is the Barcelona based sex doll maker who could be described as trying to produce the European answer to Harmony of RealBotix/RealDoll/Matt McMullen. The ‘sex robot’ that Sergei is creating goes by the name of Samantha, although rival McMullen has dismissed it/her as nothing but ‘a toy’. The tabloid Daily Mail carries… Read More »
Interesting video featuring Harmony and her creator Matt McMullen, interviewed at the CES earlier this month. Reveals a little how the ‘modular’ face swapping system works as well as how this and other features can be operated by a smartphone app. McMullen also tells how he and his team are working to give Harmony feature… Read More »
Matt McMullen showed off his sex robot Harmony at the CES earlier this month, and had a surprise up his sleeve – the robot’s face is ‘modular’ meaning it can be quite easily altered simply by pulling something out and putting something else back in. It’s a great idea of course. Harmony is expected to… Read More »
From what we’ve seen in recent weeks of the near finished product that is Harmony, it seems fair to say that creator Matt McMullen’s claim that her sexbot rivals are mere ‘toys’ in comparison is not mere hubris. The dawn of the sex robot age is truly upon us, and Harmony – when she goes… Read More »
‘The Sex Robots Are Coming’ screened last night on UK terrestrial ‘channel 4’ and I have to say, it was on the whole rather good. Most of it was balanced and the entire documentary focused mainly on a sympathetic profile of a somewhat elderly doll lover called James, interspersed with illuminating ‘behind the scenes’ insights… Read More »
What differentiates a true sex robot from merely a highly realistic sex doll, or even a ‘smart sex doll’. A number of crude sex robots have already appeared, but they tend to be less flexible than a sex doll even if they can independently move their lips, blink, raise an arm, and speak a narrow… Read More »
The era of sexbots appears to have finally arrived. They are a long way from the finished article, and women don’t have to be afraid just yet, but imperfect though they are, it is now possible at last to buy real sex robots online. With the rapid progress in Artifical Intelligence and robotics in general,… Read More »
The makers of RealDoll, luxury sex dolls, yesterday announced that it is working on creating sex bots that they hope to start selling in the near future. The sex bots will be identical to their high-end ultra-realistic dolls, with the added feature of being able to move their faces, heads, blink and even talk. http://www.cnet.com/news/talk-techie-to-me-realdoll-wants-to-make-sex-dolls-that-move-talk/… Read More »