Here’s what the £12,000 sex robots on sale in 2017 will do - by a robot expert
Sex robots may seem like a far-off science fiction fantasy - but talking metal and plastic sex machines will be here by next year, an expert has predicted.

The machines - equipped with warm ‘human-like’ genitals - will move and vibrate in response to their ‘masters’ and ‘mistresses’, an expert has said.

Writing in the Mail on Sunday, David Levy author of Love and Sex With Robots says, ‘This coming wave of sex robots will be humanlike in appearance and size. They will have human-like genitals. And they will allow intercourse according to their owner’s sexual orientation and tastes.

‘The machines in question are being developed by Abyss Creations at their Californian factory, and are likely to retail for around $15,000 (£12,30. But we can be certain that rival companies in America, Japan and Korea are scrambling to catch up.
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‘We can expect the first ones to resemble the current RealDolls, a range of expensive but extraordinarily detailed silicone sex dolls made in America, but with more ‘functionality’. This will be comparatively limited at first – some basic words, some simple movements and vibrations in response to touch.

But the technology is set to advance - rapidly.

‘The real point, though, is this: as time goes by they will become ever more lifelike as technology advances and new material becomes available and affordable.

‘Synthetic skin embedded with electronic sensors will enable the robots to react with (artificial) pleasure as they are caressed by their owner-lovers, for example. And as Artificial Intelligence researchers improve the quality of computer-generated conversation, robots will develop the skills needed for seduction and the whispering of sweet nothings during love-making.