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Real Doll has been one of the biggest silicone sex doll manufacturers in the world for the last 20 years. Boasting the Ferrari of sex dolls with a price tag that starts at $10k, its dolls are fully customizable, hyper realistic and promise to fulfill whatever sexual fantasies you might have. Customers can design the doll of their dreams—from the skin color, body type and hair style, right down to the size of the nipples and color of the fingernails. They can even choose to inject extra gel into the rear—to give it more of a realistic feel and jiggle.
But Matt McMullen, CEO of Real Doll, has set a new goal: He wants humans to be able to fall in love with their silicone girlfriends, to actually form emotional connections and relationships with them. To give customers this new level of “wholeness,” the company has developed artificial intelligence and robotics and is planning to release the first sex robot. We went to see it for ourselves.
The robot is given a personality (you get to pick her traits) and the ability to simulate human emotions like joy or jealousy. Owners will be able to control these traits through a special app that comes with the robot. Among some of the dominant traits you can choose from are “kind,” “shy” and “happy.” But there are other options, too—like “annoying” or “insecure.” So if someone wanted a robot that is constantly worried about its figure—that, it turns out, can be programmed as well.
Matt says this is only the beginning. They are planning to develop cameras in the eyes, so that the robot will be able to recognize faces. At some point, the robotic girlfriend will even be able to double as a security system when you aren’t at home, he says.
Not everyone is a fan of these new hyper-realistic sex robots—in fact, there is already a full-scale campaign against sex robots, and there is concern about objectification of the female body.
But for his part, McMullen believes that sex robots will bring more happiness into the world.
