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Sex Robots Could Provide Therapy and Treat Loneliness in Care Homes

posted by n1 on Thursday July 06 2017, @05:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the f**k-machine dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Elderly people living in care homes could soon be enjoying the company of specifically designed sex robots, according to a leading organization in the field.

The freakishly realistic robots could be widely available within the next decade, used not just by fetishists but as a tool for sexual therapy and communication.

[...] Professor Sharkey, who was speaking on Wednesday at the launch of a new consultation report, said it is time for the government to step in and start regulating sex bots.

“They are being proposed for the elderly in care homes, which I think is controversial. If you have severe Alzheimer’s you can’t really tell the difference,” said the researcher.

Source: RT

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Thursday July 06 2017, @06:10PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday July 06 2017, @06:10PM (#535812)

    "kill it dead" is incidentally also what happens when your Shenzen-made sexbot isn't wired correctly or watertight enough.

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