WE’LL BE HAVING SEX WITH ROBOTS IN NEXT 10 YEARS - EXPERT

ROBOTS already build our cars, clean our houses and make our food – but soon they will be jumping into BED with many of us.

It may seem like the plot of a raunchy sci-fi movie, but the popularity of sex androids is already on the rise, with manufacturers offering life-like, moving dolls for “private fun”.

And futurologist Dr Ian Pearson has now predicted that the specialised robots will start to appear in ordinary homes in the next decade, as randy humans look for hassle-free love.

In a report produced for an online sex shop, he says: “Some people will enthusiastically embrace relationship-free robot sex as soon as they can afford one — as early as 2025.

“Brothels and strip clubs will soon include robots and they will be a specific fetish for some people, as well as a potentially cheaper replacement for real-life interaction.”

“They could be brilliant products and let’s face it, it is the safest way to have a threesome with your partner and not end up in the divorce court.”

Companies across the world are already making fully working sex robots, which move and make noises to simulate bedroom antics.

US firm TrueCompanion’s website advertises an “ultra-realistic” sex robot, known as Roxxxy, describing it as a good replacement for a wife or girlfriend “without the social issues”.

Roxxxy, which costs around £5,000, has a heartbeat and circulatory system, thanks to internal sensors, and her personality can be altered to suit her owner.

She is physically fully customisable, from hair colour to make-up and even toenail style.

Fully customisable ... life-like sex robot

At the time of Roxxxy’s launch in 2010, around 4,000 men placed pre-orders, with a further 20,000 requesting more information.

The company boasts: “She knows your name, your likes and dislikes, can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you and can be your loving friend. She can talk to you, listen to you and feel your touch.”

The sex doll’s personality uses built-in apps which work like Apple’s Siri speech software to handle a limited level of conversation.

For its female customers TrueCompanion is also working on a male sex robot, Rocky, with options of designer stubble and choice of hair and eye colour and any one of five skin tones.

Hot on the robot sex market ... Roxxxy

Student Rob Jeffries, 27, from Hereford, said: “Yes, I’d try anything once. It would be a bit easier than a woman because you wouldn’t have to buy it drinks beforehand.”

Retail worker Abby Litten, 23, from Bristol, said: “I might try it in 30 years, but probably not now.

“It’s a bit unnatural because you don’t have another person there.”

Student Ashley Merchant, 19, from Taunton, Somerset, said: “I don’t think I’d have sex with a robot, even if it looked like my dream person. It’s a bit weird.”

Author Roger Foss, 71, from Manchester, said: “It is completely bonkers. I don’t think it is realistic and it’s never going to happen.”

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