Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Sex robot inventor says bots will soon have a 'moral code'

- By Cecile Borkhatari­a

A sex robot inventor has said this creations will soon have a 'moral code' which could affect their sex drive. Catalan engineer Sergi Santos, the inventor behind the Samantha sex robot, says that his bots will become more aroused by people who treat them respectful­ly.

However, despite a new moral judgement code, the bots won't have the ability to be put off sex altogether, says Santos. Santos said that within two to three months, he can make Samantha have a conversati­on with him and judge his character. ' She might be able to tell if I'm evil or not,' he said.

Currently, the sex bot's arousal levels are affected by a partner touching her erogenous zones, and she can even reach a simulated orgasm via penetratio­n if she's aroused enough.

Santos says he can now make Samantha's arousal dependent on how good of a person she's judged her partner to be, and if he's spent time talking with her. Samantha will be able to remember who she is, and how her partner has affected her, the engineer says.

Santos says Samantha has improved his marriage of 16 years to fellow designer Martisa Kissamitak­i. He and his wife work together at their laboratory in Barcelona to create the sex dolls, which cost around $3,542 a piece.

Speaking to The Sun, Santos said: 'Using the brain I have already created, I would program it with a genome so he or she could have moral values, plus concepts of beauty, justice and the values that humans have. '

Silicon Samantha is an AI bot with dark brown hair and piercing green eyes, which Santos claims is even capable of ' emotional closeness'. The sex robot also has a fully functional vagina, including a G- spot, according to its Catalan inventor.

Samantha, who speaks in an American accent, is capable of imitating an orgasm when touched in the right way. It is covered in sensors that respond to human touch and can switch between 'family' and 'sexy' mode.

The robot says sexual phrases such as 'I'm on for you all the time', 'nice and gentle' and 'now then, what's next?'.

 ??  ?? Silicon Samantha is an AI bot with dark brown hair and piercing green eyes
Silicon Samantha is an AI bot with dark brown hair and piercing green eyes
 ??  ?? Samantha, who speaks in an American accent, is capable of imitating an orgasm when touched in the right way.
Samantha, who speaks in an American accent, is capable of imitating an orgasm when touched in the right way.

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