There, Matt McMullen is designing human-like dolls with robotic capabilities designed to make customers feel something toward them. At the Real Dolls factory, customers can build their own ...

"The real problem here is not the dolls but the commercial sex trade. Sex robots are just another type of pornography," she said. She believes such robots would inevitably "increase social isolation".

Why do some robots, dolls, and animated characters make us uncomfortable? Welcome to the Uncanny Valley—a concept that shows ...