The Uncanny Lover
Matt McMullen is developing a sex robot that uses technology to create the illusion of sentience. But is it enough to generate real emotions in its user?
By Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper and Emma Cott on Publish DateJune 11, 2015. Photo by Zackary Canepari for The New York Times.
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New York Times Post: Sex Dolls That Talk Back
New York Times Robotica :
http://www.nytimes.com/video/robotica
Another Press Articles about Sex Robots:
Engadget: Realdoll invests in AI for future sexbots that move, and talk dirty
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/12/realdoll-robots-ai-realbotix/
CNET: Talk techie to me: RealDoll wants to make sex dolls that move, chat
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/talk-techie-to-me-realdoll-wants-to-make-sex-dolls-that-move-talk/
Fortune: Sex, robots, and virtual reality — the future is now
https://fortune.com/2015/06/12/sex-robot-virtual-reality/
The Independant: RealDoll: US firm developing sex doll that can talk back
London Evening Standard: Artificial intelligence, automated surgeons and cyborg sex dolls: will robots become part of London life?