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Country's first 'robot sex brothel' set to open in Texas prompts backlash: report
The first so-called 'robot sex brothel' in the U.S. slated to open in the Houston area this month has prompted a massive backlash from residents and activists who say it will ruin the neighborhood. The company opened its first location last year near Toronto, where $60 buys a half-hour alone with a robot sex doll, according to the Washington Examiner. The dolls start at $2,500 to buy.
Update: Houston officials halt plans to open first US 'robot brothel'
Houston city officials have ordered at least a temporary halt to a Canadian company's plan to open a so-called "robot brothel" in the city. The Houston Chronicle reported that building inspectors ordered the halt after determining that the company, Kinky S Dolls, lacked the permits required for demolition and construction at a former 2,500 sq ft hair salon in the Galleria area of the city.
takyon: Change.org petition aiming to "Keep Robot Brothels Out of Houston".
Also at ABC7.
See also: 'Robot sex brothel' slated to open is not wanted, Houston's mayor says
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday October 02 2018, @01:05PM
Yes consider table tennis aka ping pong game. You can get a machine thats something like a baseball pitcher machine but for ping pong balls although its not terribly interactive if you're just trying to strengthen up your swatting muscles its adequate. However there's some robot video on youtube demonstrating machine vision robot arm ping pong player who has a set of 5, 10, 50 theme'd movements and picks the correct move based on visual stimuli.
Likewise the pr0n actress theme'd robot will likely have a very impressive soundboard that reacts appropriately to behavior, possibly we're approaching an era where pr0n stars are going to trademark and copyright certain "moves" that are their way of doing whatever. Not only is her voice copyrighted but the exact way precise way she wiggles her hips.
I would imagine automotive research into active suspensions would apply directly to programming a robot to the exact physique of a specific human at a specific time. A mathematically provable engineering reproducible wiggle matching one specific human.