Sex Dolls That Talk Back

[jakeXT]

This is the fifth episode in a Bits video series, called Robotica, examining how robots are poised to change the way we do business and conduct our daily lives.

Matt McMullen has proved that some people are willing to spend thousands on sex dolls.

Mr. McMullen, the creator of the RealDoll, says he has sold over 5,000 customizable, life-size dolls since 1996, with prices from $5,000 to $10,000. Not only can his customers decide on body type and skin, hair and eye color, but on a recent day in the company’s factory in San Marcos, Calif., a craftsman was even furnishing one doll with custom-ordered toes.

Mr. McMullen’s new project, which he is calling Realbotix, is an attempt to animate the doll. He has assembled a small team that includes engineers who have worked for Hanson Robotics, a robotics lab that produces shockingly lifelike humanoid robots.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/technology/robotica-sex-robot-realdoll.html

[friendly_iconoclast]

1. These two will be following along eventually:

Gigolo Jane and Gigolo Joe from "AI", a quite underrated movie:

[jakeXT]

2. Is it the one with Haley Joel Osment?

I think I tried watching it twice but the actor reminded me of the movie sixth sense and I couldn't get into it.

I like Kubrick movies, maybe I'll have to revisit it.

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. Yep. I think it got slagged a lot because Spielberg directed it, and it featured...

..an Spielbergian "cute kid" (ostensibly)

Who becomes decidedly not cute at all in a scene late in the movie...

[FSogol]

4. I agree. Very underrated movie. Many memorable scenes and

Jude Law's performance was awesome.

[angstlessk]

5. Fuck, the reason I got a sex doll and killed my wife was because

the "little woman" was not 'compliant'

The last thing I want is a robot I paid good money for to talk back!