World's First Sex Robot

A company has recently developed what they are calling "the world's first sex robot." No, this company, True Companion LLC, is not Japanese, but rather, is based in New Jersey. The robot, named Roxxxy, is designed to engage the user in conversation, as well as sex, but does not feature life-like movement.

The "robot" is simply a rubber doll with touch sensors and pre-recorded vocal sounds. It must be connected to a laptop (which is included with the doll) to work. I'm not so sure that this can even be described as a robot, as it cannot even move on it's own. Roxxxy cannot even move her head or lips to speak (sound comes from an internal speaker).

The tagline on the True Companion website is "Always turned on and ready to talk or play." According to founder Douglas Hines, "Sex only goes so far — then you want to be able to talk to the person." Obviously he hasn't met most men.

Hines claims he was inspired to create the robot after his friend died in the 9/11 attacks:

That got him thinking about preserving his friend's personality, to give his children a chance to interact with him as they're growing up. Looking around for commercial applications for artificial personalities, he initially thought he might create a home health care aide for the elderly.
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Wait... What!?! How do you go from robotic version of your dead friend and health care aids to sexbot? I suppose a sex robot could be a form of health care aid, but I don't think it would be approved by most nursing homes [insert bad mental image of your grandparents here].

Apparently there was too much paperwork involved and the creator had to look to other markets. I mean, what sells better than sex?

The sex robot is simple marketing, according to Hines, and his project is really about creating a companion. The broader goal of the company is to make artificial personalities mainstream and expand beyond sex toys.

According to the True Companion website (not going to post a link, since I'm not sure if Blogger allows links to "adult only" websites, but it shouldn't be that hard to find), Roxxxy can even have an orgasm, which I'm guessing is guaranteed to be just as authentic as most real women's orgasms. They are also apparently releasing a male version of the robot soon. No, I'm not going to order one. I'm not that pathetic.