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Call the girl carefully!
The $9,000 "Roxxxy robot girlfriend" is considering taking over your business.
True Companion, a tech company in New Jersey, says it has developed "the world's first sex robot", a lifestyle.
Not only for sex, but also for the size rubber doll designed to engage the owner in the "stimulus" conversation. And it's legal.
Photo: Douglas Heins, founder of real partner, takes a photo with life
On Saturday, January, at the Las Vegas adult entertainment fair, the size of the rubber doll called Roxxxy. 9, 2010.
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Hair, pajamas
The dressed robot says it feels its creator touching his hand at the adult entertainment fair in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Another action, this non-printable action, caused a different sound response from the robot, which also has impressive meat
Synthetic skin.
The owner can also customize the hair color, race and breast size of the robot.
The level of complexity shown is not beyond the toys that children can talk about, but Roxxxy has a lot more brains than that: there is a laptop connected to a cable coming out of the back of it.
It has a touch sensor in a strategic position that can be felt when it is moved.
But it can't move itself, it can't even turn its head, it can't move its lips.
The sound is from the internal speaker.
Douglas Heins, founder of True Companion LLC, said Roxxxy can have a simple conversation.
The real purpose, he says, is to make the doll the person the owner can talk to and connect --
One of the specialties of many prostitutes.
"Sex is only so far that you want to be able to talk to this person," Haines said . ".
"She can't vacuum, she can't cook, but she can do almost anything else if you understand what I mean," Haines told the Sun . ".
"She is a companion.
She has a personality. She hears you.
She listened to you. She speaks.
She can feel your touch
Columnist John Walsh wrote in The Independent: "Roxxxy will benefit certain male residents in Lovers Lane . ".
"In the end, they can have a" girlfriend experience "with people who are interested in their views ". . . ""In sex-
Working terms, Girlfriend Experience (or GFE)
Meaning a prostitute, give you a fair emotional intimacy impression in an hour: who can share your mood, reflect your enthusiasm, and talk like she understands what you're talking about. .
Now, there is evidence here that the basic components in the bedroom are not batteries after all --
Operating device or mink
But talk, "wrote Walsh.
Hines says the phrase "Roxxxy" says is pre-recorded, but the robot can also incorporate new phrases from pre-recorded words and sounds.
The laptop will receive updates over the Internet to expand the ability and vocabulary of the robot.
He said Manchester United could already discuss it as Heins is a football fan. It snores, too.
Owners can also choose different personalities for Roxxxy, including "Wild Wendy", "cold Farah", "Mature Martha" and "S & M Susan ".
"Hynes charges robots, including laptops, ranging from $7,000 to $9,000, and is expected to start shipping in a few months.
A Japanese company that creates life with Honey Dolls
The size doll of the recorded sound can be played, but the sensor and voice functions of Roxxxy seem to be more complicated.
Of course, hines is more ambitious. reaching.
Haines, an engineer, said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the earthquake.
2001 terrorist attacks.
This allows him to consider retaining the personality of his friends and giving his children the opportunity to interact with him as they grow up.
He was looking around for business applications for artificial personality and initially thought he might create a home care assistant for the elderly.
"But it's going to go through a lot of regulatory and bureaucratic documentation.
"We're stuck," Haines said . ".
"So I looked at other markets.
"The company's broader goal is still to mainstream artificial personality, not just sex toys," says Haines.
"The thing about sex robots is marketing, it's really about making friends," he said . ".
David Levy, a British chess player and artificial intelligence expert, pointed out in 2007 book "Love and Sex with robots" that robots will become important sexual partners of human beings and answer needs that others cannot or are unwilling to meet.