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Roxxxy the robot is not about sex, except when she is

True Companion unveils “the world’s first sex robot” at AEE

April Corbin

Sat, Jan 9, 2010 (10:43 p.m.)

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True Companion’s first sex robot, Roxxxy at the 2010 Adult Entertainment Expo.

Photo: April Corbin

Pay no attention to the suggestive triple Xs in her name or her classification as a high-end sex toy. Roxxxy, the self-described world’s first sex robot, is not about sex.

True Companions: Roxxxy the robot and her creator Douglas Hines.

True Companions: Roxxxy the robot and her creator Douglas Hines.

She’s about artificial intelligence and preserving the unique but finite personality of an individual in the potentially infinite realm of technology. At least, this is what creator, Douglas Hines, stresses Saturday during a press conference at the Adult Entertainment Expo while he talks about the Roxxxy’s inspiration: a friend who died during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Hines said he wanted his friend’s children to grow up and still be able to interact with their father. The former Bell Technologies engineer began thinking more seriously about artificial intelligence and its implications in today’s society.

However, with the non-sexual robot companion market being pretty slim, Hines’ concept was changed in order to capitalize on the adult entertainment industry.

Hello, Roxxxy!

If she were human, Roxxxy might be described as having split personality disorder. The robot has five distinct but customizable personalities — Frigid Farrah, Wild Wendy, S&M Susan, Young (barely 18, the press release clarifies) and Mature Martha — as well as the capacity for the owner to create unique personalities.

Roxxxy will react differently to physical interaction based on the personality selected. If you take Farrah’s hand, she will tell you she enjoys holding it. If you take Wendy’s hand, she’ll tell you she has a place for you to put it.

Unique personalities will be “swappable” by True Companion owners, who will have to subscribe to a monthly service. It’s basically wife swapping without the “extra implications,” Hines explained.

Remember, however, that it isn’t all about sex. (If you’re curious, though, the doll has three “input centers.”)

“Sex only goes so far, then, you have to talk to the person,” Hines said. “We’re more interested in creating companions.”

Roxxxy should be able to learn her owner’s likes and dislikes, as should her male counterpart Rocky (being marketed toward gay males). This may make True Companion’s robots the likeliest contenders to achieve sentience like Skynet in Terminator. Or it could lead to a reduced need for girlfriends and boyfriends.

Only time — and men willing to pay a price point of $7,000 and up — will tell.

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As a man who has been married for more than 10 years and have watched my fair share of porn, I'm sorry to say, except for the blank stare, she just doesn't look like a lot of fun. :(

Posted by: Whys on 1/10/10 at 3:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Who said anything about fun. Just do your duty and get out!

Posted by: buggy on 1/10/10 at 5:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's a Furby with a rubber hoo-hoo!

Posted by: unkawillbur on 1/10/10 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

DON'T DATE ROBOTS!

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Posted by: goldsounds on 1/10/10 at 6:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

send me one my wife would let her share the dutys plus it would be a relieve for her ill try it out for you and give info back to you about how good or what needs to be changehelp out a man that doesnt have 7000.00 jeff ujok1234@yahoo thanks

Posted by: ujoker69 on 1/10/10 at 6:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It looks too much like Gabriel Byrne.

Posted by: scottw14 on 1/11/10 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Can she cook???

Posted by: alien_mame on 1/11/10 at 1:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What a sad commentary on modern life, that someone would choose to have sex with a doll instead of a real person.

There's a HUGE difference between sex toys such as a vibrator, and a doll that looks (somewhat) like a human and is programmed to learn your sexual preferences. I can see how some people with a tenuous grip on reality might blur the line between reality and fantasy with something like Roxxxy.

(also, creating a doll to replicate the looks and personality of a lost freind so that his deceased freind's children can "still interact with thier father..." well, that's sick. Thier father is dead and they need to come to terms with that in order to heal, instead of playing pretend with a lifesized doll. emotional pain is a part of life and it's also a part of the NORMAL stages of grief, which eventually leads to healing.)

If someone has social issues and is struggling with having a real relationship with a real person...well that's what therapy is for.

I understand that there are people out there who are dysfunctional, (and some that are far creepier than this sex doll), but I would assume that MOST people who can afford to spend $7,000 on an object like Roxxxy would rather have the real thing.

I can't help but think that having sex with Roxxxy would be the closest thing to necrophilia withought committing the actual crime.

There's only 3 legitimate reasons I can think of for a man to own a sex doll, especially one this customized;

1. They're very sick in the head and it keeps them from going out and preying on women or children. (rape, murder) or committing abuse of a corpse.
(anyone else think Roxxxy appears to have riguer mortis? (sp?)

2. As a sex therapy tool, with the ultimate goal being to eventually have a relationship with a REAL woman and get rid of the doll.

3. They're so sexually deviant that they CAN'T have sex with a real, normal woman.

Damn, it's just creepy.
and the way Douglas Hines is looking at "her" is creepy too. One has to wonder whats wrong with HIM?

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Posted by: user334481-0-11-22193847 on 1/11/10 at 4:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When the laws permit me to marry my doll, I would definitely fork out $7K for one!!

Sure, you may go through a little extra lube during the year, but you'd save so much money (and sanity) not having to take her out and listen to her!

Oh... and the tax benefits!!!

Posted by: untchable on 1/11/10 at 6:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If you don't like robot sex dolls, don't get one! Easy as that.

@ untchable, good point!! LOL!

Posted by: webby423 on 1/11/10 at 7:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm fine, I guess, with guys boinking a terrified-looking Barbie. What I don't feel secure about is the designer's intention of having affluent hormonal geeks talk to the robot, as a companion. Yes, yes, sex with a robot is sad, whatever. Conversation with a sex-bot is a red flag for some frighteningly psychotic behaviour! Groovin' is one thing, but confide in Teddy Roxxxbin and you may as well register as a sex offender now.

Posted by: luvmashiach18 on 1/11/10 at 9:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

And her shaitel, or wig, is ugly, by the way. Oy, I'm such a woman! I'm critique-ing a female hunk of rubber's wig! She looks like a woman with a man's face. I like her bralette, though. The designer has decent taste in skivvies.

Posted by: luvmashiach18 on 1/11/10 at 9:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I guess if you're pathetic enough to need one of these because you can't converse with REAL women (i.e. the tax benefits, no talking, don't have to take her out or buy anything etc) then you either have mommy issues, issues with your true sexuality, or in need of some serious therapy because you can't deal with normal human interaction. Good luck trying to have her meet your friends or parents.On the upside, I think this product could be used in prisons and mental hospitals EVERYWHERE for the benefit of the insane and criminally insane! It proably would keep rapes down and satisfy the insatiable sex addict.

Oh, and for the men on here who claim this is better than a woman b/c you don't have to hear her talk, or take her out... you obviously haven't been out enough to meet real women who don't need all the cheesy romancing and crap that big boobed blondes with an agenda need. You should probably stop hunting women in clubs and bars, then you might find one worthy of keeping!

Besides if its a slut you need, there are plenty of those around, EVERYWHERE, again, there should be no need for a doll when almost every man on the planet can get it for free. Don't believe me? Go to your nearest laundry place and strike up a conversation, young girls these days just wanna be in porn anyway! The forecast is clear with a chance of BOOBIES!

The doll IS a little scary looking, but I'm sure they'll improve the design in a few years, these things will probably be on the market for less than $500 in a couple of years, give or take. If you're gonna fork up the cash for a completely customized sex doll, at least wait a few years for the better design and a lower price.

I still, however, feel sorry for the men who pick up this habit... they're wives will be so upset and offended that their husbands are bumpin uglies with something so horrific looking.

Posted by: kajunlady85 on 1/11/10 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I just hate to have to compete with her - just remember guys she can't take care of you and love you back. . . she wont miss you when you are away. I would think after some time a 'relationship' with a doll would get rather BORING since you always know how she will react.

"It's a love bazaar with a rubber _____
Don't make me compete with that plastic witch!
Death to the Doll! " -- Lords of Acid 1990-somthing

Posted by: peejay on 1/12/10 at 6:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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