Sexy Robot Sci-Fi Short Film
We don’t see any naked silicone in this short romantic sci-fi film entitled ‘Robot and Scarecrow’, but the ‘android’ is one of the cutest depictions of a female robot I’ve seen.
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Houston Bans Proposed Sex Robot Brothel
The Texan town of Houston has banned a proposed ‘sex robot brothel’ (or ‘try before you buy’ sex robot store, according to the company behind it) as ‘evil and sleazy’. Prior to the council vote that decided the issue, a petition calling for a ban had been signed by over 10,000 local residents, with some… Read more »
Anti-Sex Robot Activists Demand Regulation of Sexbot Brothels
After the announcement that a Canadian sex doll company owner plans to introduce up to ten ‘sexbot brothels’ in the USA, activists there have stepped up demands for regulation. Like certain similar institutions that have sprung up in Europe recently, Yuval Gavriel intends to skirt around existing prostitution laws to open his ‘sex doll for… Read more »
Economist Claims Sex Robots Will Improve Marriage
A female economist has published a surprisingly positive, if offbeat prediction concerning the effects of sex robots on society, and in particular marriage. MGTOWs (Men Go Their Own Way) hail the advent of sex robots as freeing men from the need to marry to have regular sex. Feminists seem to fear sexbots for that very… Read more »
Feminists Mad at Sex Robots?
The controversial atheist YouTube vlogger known as ‘The Amazing Atheist’, who has over a million subscribers, gives his forthright take on the latest demands from feminist academics in the UK for sex robots to be banned.
BBC Looks Inside Chinese AI Sex Doll Factory
A brief but interesting look inside a Chinese factory producing AI ‘smart’ sex dolls (these type of dolls aren’t quite claimed to be sex robots but can, for example, change skin temperature and make rudimentary moans of pleasure). Watch at the BBC website Some of the interesting facts and claims in the short video :… Read more »
Samantha the Sex Robot Can Say No
Sex robot inventor Sergi Santos has reportedly equipped his sex robot Samantha with the ability to say no if she is disinterested or ‘disturbed’ by the sexual behaviour of her partner. Well, perhaps not quite say no, but rather switch off into ‘dummy mode’ whenever she detects aggressive behaviour on the part of her owner… Read more »
‘Experts’ Claim No Health Benefits of Sex Robots
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 Doll Company Making Fully Moveable Sex Robots
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 »
CBS Report On Sex Robots
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 on sexbots and rights
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 Sergei Santos claims his sex robot saved his marriage
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 »
Was Sex Robot Samanatha Really Molested? Creator Speaks
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 »
Hamony The Sex Robot Can Change Faces
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 »
British TV Trailer for ‘The Sex Robots Are Coming’
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.
‘Emma the Sex Robot’ Goes on Sale for $4,500 at SiliconeWives.com
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 »
Love and Sex with Robots (David Levy) – Brief Book Review
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 »
Ian Pearson Gives Interview on the Future of Virtual Sex
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 Curran on the Inevitability of Sexbots
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 »