Roxxxy, termed a "
sex robot
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", is a full-size interactive sex doll.
The robot is built by the
New Jersey
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–based company TrueCompanion.
Its engineer is Douglas Hines, founder and president of the company, who worked as an
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...
engineer at the
Bell Labs
Nokia Bell Labs, commonly referred to as ''Bell Labs'', is an American industrial research and development company owned by Finnish technology company Nokia. With headquarters located in Murray Hill, New Jersey, Murray Hill, New Jersey, the compa ...
before he founded TrueCompanion. Development of Roxxxy is claimed to have cost between $500,000 and $1 million.
Roxxxy made its public debut at the
AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) in
Las Vegas
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on January 9, 2010.
The
gynoid
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stands 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds
(170 cm and 54 kg). It has
synthetic skin and an artificial intelligence
engine programmed to learn the owner's likes and dislikes.
[ An articulated ]skeleton
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allows Roxxxy to be positioned like a human being but the doll cannot move its limbs independently. A pump installed in the robot powers an internal liquid cooling system.[ The Roxxxy prototype is claimed to have been modeled after a college-aged Caucasian ]fine arts
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student.
According to the website of the company, Roxxxy is not limited to sexual uses and "can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you. She can talk to you, listen to you and feel your touch." Other features include touch sensors that give Roxxxy the ability to sense when it is being moved. The robot's vocabulary may be updated with the help of a laptop (connected to the back by cables) and the Internet.[
According to Douglas Hines, Roxxxy garnered about 4,000 pre-orders shortly after its AEE reveal in 2010. However, as reported by Jenny Kleeman in April 2017, no actual customers have ever surfaced with a Roxxxy doll, and the public has remained skeptical that any commercial Roxxxy dolls have ever been produced.]
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.truecompanion.com}
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