They will have built-in heaters which so they have genuine body warmth and sensors that can react to touch. Founder Matt McMullen said:
“I want to have people actually develop an emotional attachment to not only the robot but the actual character behind it to develop some kind of love for this being.”
Levy, author of Love And Sex With Robots, said:
“I’ve no doubt some will find it creepy, but the arrival of sexually responsive robots will have enormous consequences.
We have already seen rapid changes in human relationships thanks to the internet, mobile devices and social media.
The next major advance will enable us to use our technology to have intimate encounters with the technology itself to fall in love with the technology,to have sex with robots and to marry them.”
