A campaign has been launched to try and ban the development of ultra-realistic sex robots.
Using sophisticated robotics to develop realistic human dolls capable of performing sex acts is “very disturbing indeed,” said campaign leader Dr Kathleen Richardson.
Sex dolls are increasingly becoming more and more realistic, with many manufacturers now striving to build artificial intelligence into the products.
But Dr Richardson – a robot ethicist at De Montfort University, in Leicester – is hoping to raise awareness of the issue and persuade those working on the advanced sex ‘bots to rethink their technology.
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