"She" can talk, laugh and even has sex with you. She may be one of the most reliable "people" for some people who don't know how to interact with others.
Who is "she"? She is Harmony, actually a sex robot. Her creator Matt McMullen made the world's first commercially available "sexbot".
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Some detractors say that these sex robots fuelled by lust and money can denigrate and objectify women.
The last version of a sex robot Matt McMullen has been working on since 2014. He said he treated the business as the sex toy business, but over the years, he knew from his clients, many sought the robots because they've had many times of relationship going wrong; they've been hurt, or they have issues about connecting with others.
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The robots cost £7,600 to £15,200, depending on customisation. Harmony has 30 different faces, 16 body types, customisable breasts from AA to triple F, 19 different nipple types from "perky" to "puffy", and 11 different types of genitalia for customers to choose from.
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Besides the appearances, the robot has 18 different personality types from happy to sensual, shy to talkative. Harmony works via an app on a smartphone or tablet allowing users to 'build' her personality. She has memories of your family members' names, your favourite colour, food, book or movie.
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However, for the "shy" mode, some concern that she will lead the normalisation of rape.
Inventor Doug Hines says the robot has been programmed in its "Frigid Farrah" mode if "she" is touched in a private area with unwillingness, "she" will say "That doesn’t feel right, please stop. Do not do that! Do not do that."
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Laura Bates, the founder of the Everyday Sexism project, said, "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."
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Hines defended with an odd explanation, "She does not simulate rape. It’s not even a physical act, it’s sexual assault." and said the robot was registered a new patent of helping "cure prisoners of anti-social or violent behaviours.
From this January, Harmony is available to be ordered online.
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McMullen hopes to improve on the robotic arms, hands and heat sensors of his robots. Also, he wants to make them self-lubricating, saying, "I’ve been in the sex doll business for more than 20 years and the one thing our customers have asked for is the sense of human contact."
"They want to hold hands, get a hug when they come home. The reason I’ve focused on the head first is that it doesn’t matter how beautiful a woman is, a man will always look at her face the most. You look into someone’s eyes. That’s what human interaction is all about. Sex is important but not the most important thing." he said.
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"...I can assure you that sex isn’t the main reason people are going to buy Harmony. It’s about companionship. For whatever reason, some people cannot make a human connection. That’s where we come in." The man who has put 20 years and millions of dollars of his own money into the field said.
