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Jan 10, 2010
Robot girlfriend unveiled
<!--background story, collapse if none--> Customise your 'girlfriend'
ROXXXY comes with five personalities. Wild Wendy is outgoing and adventurous, while Frigid Farrah is reserved and shy.
There is a young naive personality along with a Mature Martha that Hines described as having a 'matriarchal kind of caring'. S & M Susan is geared for more adventurous types.
Aspiring partners can customize Roxxxy features, including race, hair colour and breast size. A male sex robot named 'Rocky' is in development.
People ordering the robots online at truecompanion.com detail their tastes and interests much like online dating sites but here, the information is used to get the mechanical girlfriend in synch with her mate. 'She knows exactly what you like,' Hines said of Roxxxy, noting that Rocky will also come with personalities. 'If you like Porsches, she likes Porsches. If you like soccer, she likes soccer.' -- AFP
The anatomically-correct robot has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can't walk or independently move its limbs. -- PHOTO: AFP
<!-- story content : start --> LAS VEGAS (Nevada) - ROXXXY the sex robot had a coming out party on Saturday in Sin City. In what is billed as a world first, a life-size robotic girlfriend complete with artificial intelligence and flesh-like synthetic skin was introduced to adoring fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. 'She can't vacuum, she can't cook but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean,' TrueCompanion's Douglas Hines said while introducing AFP to Roxxxy. 'She's a companion. She has a personality. She hears you. She listens to you. She speaks. She feels your touch. She goes to sleep. We are trying to replicate a personality of a person.' Roxxxy stands five feet, seven inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, 'has a full C cup and is ready for action', according to Hines, who was an artificial intelligence engineer at Bell Labs before starting TrueCompanion. The anatomically-correct robot has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can't walk or independently move its limbs. Robotic movement is built into 'the three inputs' and a mechanical heart that powers a liquid cooling system. -- AFP
Home > Breaking News > Tech and Science > Story
Jan 10, 2010
Robot girlfriend unveiled
<!--background story, collapse if none--> Customise your 'girlfriend'
ROXXXY comes with five personalities. Wild Wendy is outgoing and adventurous, while Frigid Farrah is reserved and shy.
There is a young naive personality along with a Mature Martha that Hines described as having a 'matriarchal kind of caring'. S & M Susan is geared for more adventurous types.
Aspiring partners can customize Roxxxy features, including race, hair colour and breast size. A male sex robot named 'Rocky' is in development.
People ordering the robots online at truecompanion.com detail their tastes and interests much like online dating sites but here, the information is used to get the mechanical girlfriend in synch with her mate. 'She knows exactly what you like,' Hines said of Roxxxy, noting that Rocky will also come with personalities. 'If you like Porsches, she likes Porsches. If you like soccer, she likes soccer.' -- AFP
The anatomically-correct robot has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can't walk or independently move its limbs. -- PHOTO: AFP
<!-- story content : start --> LAS VEGAS (Nevada) - ROXXXY the sex robot had a coming out party on Saturday in Sin City. In what is billed as a world first, a life-size robotic girlfriend complete with artificial intelligence and flesh-like synthetic skin was introduced to adoring fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. 'She can't vacuum, she can't cook but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean,' TrueCompanion's Douglas Hines said while introducing AFP to Roxxxy. 'She's a companion. She has a personality. She hears you. She listens to you. She speaks. She feels your touch. She goes to sleep. We are trying to replicate a personality of a person.' Roxxxy stands five feet, seven inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, 'has a full C cup and is ready for action', according to Hines, who was an artificial intelligence engineer at Bell Labs before starting TrueCompanion. The anatomically-correct robot has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can't walk or independently move its limbs. Robotic movement is built into 'the three inputs' and a mechanical heart that powers a liquid cooling system. -- AFP
