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The current pinnacle of sex robots is Roxxxy.
(http://www.truecompanion.com/home.html)

We first met Roxxxy in 2010, when creator True Companion began showing the sexbot off to the media. Since then, the lineup has grown to include a variety of options; Roxxxy can look nearly any way you want her to, with customizable hair length and texture. You can also choose her skin color, eyeliner, and pubic hair.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/09/nsfw-t ... ot-roxxxy/

There's a male version of the bot as well, appropriately dubbed Rocky. The technology allows you to program the doll's personality, “so she likes what you like, dislikes what you dislike, etc.," True Companion's website promises. “She also has moods during the day, just like real people! She can be sleepy, conversational, or she can be ‘in the mood'!"

Roxxxy comes with preprogrammed personalities, ranging from meek model “Frigid Farrah" to sexually inexperienced naïf "Young Yoko," and "Mature Martha," who can show you the ropes. You can customize these personalities or disregard them entirely and make one yourself. It's almost like building your own character in a video game. Other features include the ability to swap girlfriends (or at least their personalities) with friends and forum members via the Internet.

“This is the same as wife or girlfriend swapping without any of the social issues or sexual disease related concerns!" the website declares.

As far as anatomy, Roxxxy has “a heartbeat and a circulatory system! The circulatory system helps heat the inside of her body." A motor in her chest is constantly whirring, so that she's warm to the touch. She can also have an orgasm, though “having an orgasm" for Roxxxy appears to be a shuddering sort of reaction the bot gives.

Reading all this, I sway wildly between amazement and confusion. It's astounding that you can program a personality into an anatomically correct bot. But the descriptions of these personalities are horribly cliché and misogynistic, as is the language about “girlfriend swapping." Maybe these dolls aren't human, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to be treated with respect.

Bane wrote:The market is there, but the technology isn't (and may never be). Most dateless men will say that they won't care if their bot has a fake programmed personality, synthetic skin etc., but I think they will. Even if this does take off, after a while, most men will start to crave the real thing again.