# Engineer Creates Sex Robot That Needs To Be Romanced First **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432 "2017-03-17T20:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/1 "2017-03-17T20:01:05Z")
It’s so tempting to reply “What’s the Point?” [Engineer Creates Sex Robot That Needs To Be Romanced First | HuffPost Weird News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ai-sex-doll-human-touch-sergi-santos_us_58cc0db7e4b00705db4f1d3a)? > [@](#): > > Sergi Santos is a man with a mission: He wants to make sure robotic sex dolls that enjoy the sex as much as the humans ― or at least act like they do. > The Barcelona-based engineer has just created a sex doll named “Samantha,” who is equipped with the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. > As the video demonstrates, Samantha responds when the user touches her hands and hips by saying positive statements like “I love this” and “Nice and gentle” in a singsong voice. > “Basically she likes to be touched. She has different modes of interaction ― she has romantic, she has family and she has also sexy modes,” Santos told Ruptly TV. > Santos also said she “likes” to be kissed while putting his finger in her mouth, in a manner that’s not awkward at all. > Santos said it doesn’t take much for Samantha to respond to romantic overtures. > “Normally she likes to be kissed always and also she responds to, basically, the G-spot and also the breasts,” he said. “She also responds to the hands.” > However, she’s no sure thing. > Santos said she is programmed to want romance first, then get comfortable before getting sexual. > “The objective, the final objective of the sexual mode is to give her an orgasm,” said Santos. Sounds like it could at least act as a good Training Guide for the Clueless Male. If so, it ought to dispense Man Treats as well as male orgasms. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/2 "2017-03-17T20:05:06Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > If so, it ought to dispense Man Treats as well as male orgasms. Well, now you’re just repeating yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/3 "2017-03-17T20:31:20Z")
I’ll take “Worst Selling Robots in History” for $1,000, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/4 "2017-03-17T21:06:17Z")
If the idea of this is, “Make men more understanding and considerate of women,” I don’t think it’ll do much good at all. It’ll simply make men think that if you learn a certain pre-programmed script of foreplay and ritual that you’ll “romance” a woman. It’s still following a “script.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/5 "2017-03-17T22:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > She has different modes of interaction ― she has romantic, she has family and she has also sexy modes. What exactly is the “family” mode? Possible “Not now, the kids are home.” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/6 "2017-03-17T22:44:13Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > If the idea of this is, “Make men more understanding and considerate of women,” I don’t think it’ll do much good at all. It’ll simply make men think that if you learn a certain pre-programmed script of foreplay and ritual that you’ll “romance” a woman. It’s still following a “script.” Yeah, it seems like a case of “Nice-Guy”-ism/“game”-ism: take steps A, B, C to please her and you’ll get her to respond. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/7 "2017-03-17T22:55:49Z")
Sounds like Howard Wolowitz’s robot girlfriend. Totally different than his robot prostitute. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/8 "2017-03-18T00:39:06Z")
There’s great potential here. I’m thinking of taking out a patent on the next major advance in sex robotics technology: a sex robot that insists on marriage, then has an affair with the pool guy, files for divorce, and hires a carnivorous lawyer who demands massive alimony along with title to the house and custody of the Labrador retrievers. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/9 "2017-03-18T01:07:14Z")
Are they kidding with this “likes Ed Sheeran” bit? 'Cause eww I have _some_ standards. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/10 "2017-03-18T02:17:03Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Sounds like Howard Wolowitz’s robot girlfriend. Totally different than his robot prostitute. Except the arm was all he needed. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/11 "2017-03-18T14:46:46Z")
Uhhhh, yeah. (Backs slowly away, while glancing around for a weapon) Goddamn, that thing is creepy. Anybody who had anxieties about sex would be freaked the fuck out by that talking corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/12 "2017-03-19T06:36:39Z")
What’s next? Phones with cords? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432/13 "2017-03-19T12:17:11Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > If the idea of this is, “Make men more understanding and considerate of women,” I don’t think it’ll do much good at all. It’ll simply make men think that if you learn a certain pre-programmed script of foreplay and ritual that you’ll “romance” a woman. It’s still following a “script.” > [@JRDelirious](#): > > Yeah, it seems like a case of “Nice-Guy”-ism/“game”-ism: take steps A, B, C to please her and you’ll get her to respond. I suppose it could just be that the guy has a… what would you call it, a romance fetish? That it feels more real and satisfying if he has to woo her first? I mean, I wouldn’t necessarily say that’s creepier than any other kink.