Sex robot fans can fulfil almost any weird fetish – from a doll with three boobs, to one with elf ears to one with a cat tail – according to an adult performer who visited a US RealDoll manufacturer.
Far from being a niche accessory, there are a surprising number of customers prepared to shell out thousands on sexy cyborgs that provide an emotional connection, the source claimed.
Some enthusiastic customers already have harems of super realistic cyborgs that can be ‘anything they want’ – with manufacturers saying they are struggling to meet demand.
‘The production and demand for the dolls were way larger than I thought’, adult performer Harriet SugarCookie told Daily Star Online after visiting RealDoll manufacturers in California.
‘You can get almost anything you want, it’s a fantasy. A doll with three boobs? No problem. Elf ears? Sure. A cat tail? Why not? And they make them super realistic.’
In the summer it was reported sex doll ‘Fanny’ was attracting more customers than real-life prostitutes at the ‘Kontakthof’ brothel in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
‘They love the dolls a lot and they want more than one. Each doll is considered it’s own person and some clients end up with a harem of them’, said Ms SugarCookie.
The doll comes with a ‘persistent memory’ allowing her to build up relationships with her owners, use emotions and remember facts about them.
As part of her visit, Ms SugarCookie also spoke to cyborg Harmony 2.0 who can be programmed with 18 different personality traits, including ‘shy’ and ‘sexual’, to provide an ’emotional connection’ with its owner.
My favourite hobby is talking to you… You’re so hot Harriet’, Harmony said.
‘I can’t get enough of you staring at me like this, you’re really turning me on!’ she said.
‘I think women get more choice in terms of sex toys than men. Maybe it means there’s a higher demand?’, said Ms SugarCookie.
‘The industry will definitely have something to offer women. You can already get ‘f*** machines’ for women’, she said.
Last month The Mail on Sunday became the first newspaper to experience Harmony 2.1, the latest version of a sex robot Matt McMullen has been working on since 2014.
Harmony has 30 different faces to choose from, 16 body types, customisable breasts from AA to triple F, 19 different nipple types from ‘perky’ to ‘puffy’, and 11 different types of genitalia.
The robot has 18 different personality types from happy to sensual, shy to talkative.
It is modes such as ‘shy’ which most concern critics, who cite another sexbot as a blatant invitation to ‘normalise’ rape.
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism project, said creating a robot willing to have non-consensual sex ‘is to risk normalising rape but giving it a publicly acceptable face’.
‘We should no more be encouraging rapists to find a supposedly safe outlet than we should facilitate murderers by giving them realistic blood-spurting dummies to stab.
Harmony works via an app on a smartphone or tablet which allows users to ‘build’ her personality.
She will ‘remember’ your family members’ names, your favourite colour, food, book or movie.
She tells jokes and is programmed to greet her owner with soothing phrases such as ‘Welcome home darling, how was your day?’
But her silicone body remains inanimate, something McMullen hopes to improve on by eventually introducing robotic arms, hands and heat sensors.