modern love... scene from my sex robotTHEIR ultimate partner would be flexible, obedient... and made of rubber.
In the secretive world of robot fetishists, the ideal woman - or man - has a fixed stare, movable limbs and definitely won't ever dump you.
Now, the world's first fully functioning sex robots could be heading to the UK - recalling scenes in the famous movie The Stepford Wives, where the women are replaced by "perfect" robots.
Inventors in the US say there is an increasing demand from Brits for these mechanical bed partners, including interest from a woman wanting one that looked like TV star Graham Norton.
Bringing the dream to life ... Scott Maclean and his robot SuzieScott Maclean, a US construction worker who has spent more than ?300,000 on his robot prototypes since 2004, says he has been contacted by British customers. Scott, 47, from West Virginia, says: "We've had a few people from the UK contact us, including a gentleman who claimed he was a duke. We've got a few people from Europe, Russia, Korea, all over.
"I've had people ask me to create a robot that looks like Angelina Jolie, Pamela Anderson and Michael Jackson. But I can't model them on people in the public eye without the star's permission.
"A couple of weeks ago I was in a discussion with a lady to build one that looked like Graham Norton. She sounded serious."
Scott's robots - Harry Harddrive and Suzie Software, which do not talk and are not yet on sale - start at around ?1,850.
Douglas Hines, 48, has developed "fem-bot" Roxxxy.
She is 5ft 6in, weighs 60lb, is made of hypoallergenic silicone and has human hair.
Roxxxy is able to speak, has different mood settings and is even capable of simulating an orgasm.
And, unlike a real girlfriend, if you get bored with one woman, you can change her into another, pre-programmed personality.
There's Frigid Farrah, Wild Wendy, S&M Susan, Young Yoko and Mature Martha, among others.
Orgasmic ... RoxxxyDouglas, who sells his creations for around ?4,000, says: "We have a relationship with a London adult distributor.
We're hoping they will be shipping to Europe by the end of the year." Robot fetishists share their fantasies on niche internet forums, and usually keep their longings secret from family and friends.
They include people such as Delosian, 40, an unattached video games tester from Phoenix, Arizona, who imagines his perfect robot companion would be 5ft 5in, with an "hourglass figure" and nice hair and eyes.
He turned to robot fantasies after a real-life girlfriend broke his heart.
He says: "One of the things that is more preferable to having a robot companion is that robots don't break your heart.
"They don't leave, they don't have emotional issues, they don't leave because you don't have enough money or don't drive the right car."
Enthusiasts including Delosian can be seen on Discovery's fascinating documentary My Sex Robot at 10pm tonight on DMAX.
Inventor Douglas, from New Jersey, who hopes to bring out his male robot Rocky by Christmas, says: "Women have always had a physical assistant in the bedside drawer, so what's wrong in having something else in helping their experiences? Men really haven't had anything to assist them."
Douglas, who believes people could form intense relationships with their robot companions, adds: "Can people fall in love with these robots? Yes they can.
"Our testers started calling the robots 'he' or 'she' and establishing a relationship, calling it by a name.
"You can call it anything you want - it's just a case of uploading the information.
"Love is a bonding experience where you have shared viewpoints and where you feel for each other. We try to get the robots as close as possible to that."
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