Seems as though the information war against sex robots has begun in earnest. Two British doctors (why do the British so afraid of sexbots?) published a ‘study’ in an important medical journal, and which media headlines have claimed proves that sex robots are dangerous. However, the ‘study’ appears to be more their own ruminations and… Read more »
Chinese premium sex doll company ‘DS Doll’ appear to be making astonishing progress in developing androids with full movement. Recently they showed off an impressive range of automated movement in the upper torso and head of one of their prototypes. In a second video, they show a prototype sex robot head with its realistic facial… 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’.
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian cultural critic who has been described as ‘the most dangerous philosopher in the West’. Last week he penned a lengthy op-ed for Russia Today asking – ‘Do sexbots have rights?’. His piece is in response to the recent and very controversial proposal of the European Union to grant robots ‘personhood… Read more »
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 »
You may remember that Samantha the sex robot (and rival to Harmony of Realbotix) was allegedly molested and abused so much she needed repairs after being showcased at an Austrian tech show last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/610ec648-b348-423a-bd3c-04dc701b2985 Given the inevitable opposition to sex robots that is already evident and will grow mainfold in the years ahead, I… 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 »
A documentary entitled ‘The Sex Robots Are Coming’ is to be aired on the British Channel 4 on Thursday November 30th. Judging from the trailer, it does give prominence to anti-sexbot campaigner Kathleen Richardson who is on a virtual one woman mission to save humanity, or at least women, from the coming of the sexbots.
American luxury sex doll retailer ‘Silicone Wives’ has started taking online orders for a ‘sex robot’ called Emma. The robot is Chinese made and apparently the first of its kind made in that country. Unlike the infamous Roxxxy, Emma certainly looks beautiful – in fact like a luxury sex doll. The Chinese makers (Shenzhen Atall… Read more »
An absorbing, and for the most part plausible case for love and sex with robots. The book is tremendously well researched – even to the point sometimes of being a little dry and academic. For example, when trying to pressgang the reader with a barrage of statistics into recognising the sanity of those who love… Read more »
Futurologist Ian Pearson recently made waves in the mainstream media by predicting that humans would be having sex with robots more often than with each other by the year 2050. That claim was made in a report on the future of sex commissioned by a sex toy company, so it might be expected that he… Read more »
Dr Kevin Curren is a reader in Computer Science at Ulster University and senior member of the IEEE, providing comment on trends in technology. Recently he gave an interview in which he discussed how robots would integrate into human society, including their roles as sexbots. Q:You’ve talked previously about the inevitability of sex robots. What… Read more »