Robot Wars<\/a>\u00a0and part of the team which carried out the research, said: \u201cOf course the elderly in care homes do want to have sex but it\u2019s kind of against their dignity, especially if they have severe Alzheimer\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\nHe added: \u201cIf somebody has social anxiety about having sex or has problems, they get a personal practice without it involving another human being.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually you will have a prostitute surrogate so it might be good for healing from that perspective.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also been proposed for some people who have disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, there are areas where they really don’t think that robots should be used as ‘treatment. That is in the areas of rape and paedophilia.<\/p>\n
Prof Sharkey said: \u201cSome would say it\u2019s better they rape robots than real people but there are other people saying this would encourage rapists more.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say it would encourage paedophilia and make it more acceptable to assault children and it\u2019s not a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
That has always been a good debate to be fair. Would it act as an outlet for people with deviant behaviour, or would it normalise it? As I am not some sort of psychologist or an expert in the field, then I will stick well clear of answering that one. We will all have our own opinions.<\/p>\n
Real Uses For Sex Robots<\/h2>\n
Where everyone seems to agree that sex robots could be used is at social occasions like stag parties. They could even be made to work in brothels, eliminating, or at least minimising the need for real sex workers to participate.<\/p>\n
In a recent survey, it was revealed that two thirds of men would have sex with a robot , whilst two thirds of women are against it.<\/p>\n
So come on, would you have sex with a robot? Or is it a bit too weird for you? Let us know by voting in the poll below.<\/p>\n
Who knows, one day, escorts may be a thing of the past. What a terrible thought!<\/p>\n