Samantha the Sex Doll is a robot sex doll that responds to human touch and remembers how people treat it. Source: CEN
Samantha the Sex Doll is a £3,000 (NZ$5451) interactive robot designed with one specific purpose: pleasure.
She is the latest development in a growing trend in Austria which has seen brothel customers preferring robots over sexual intercourse with a human.
During a display at the Ars Electronica Festival in thecity of Linz, Samantha shows off her "skills", which includes reacting to touch, hugging and moaning - and remembering individuals she has 'interacted' with, reports the Daily Mail.
The robot doll's developer Sergi Santos says Samantha can remember someone she has interacted with in the past, as she communicates according to the way she was treated by them before.
The robot reacts to touch, speaks multiple languages and is even said to be able to learn new things thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) software.
Samantha approaches visitors at the festival by asking "How are you?" and is even seen looking people deep in their eyes or handing out hugs.
According to one tester, Samantha "moans" and reacts to having her breasts touched, and Santos adds that she is able to replicate a female orgasm "at a higher sex frequency".
For all her "features", Samantha is a costly sex toy and will set back a prospective buyer some 3,700 euro (NZ$6132).