Married couples will only have sex on special occasions, turning to robots to satisfy their day-to-day needs, experts have predicted.
Speaking at an international robotics conference, those working in the field predicted that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) devices in the bedroom will be the norm within 25 years.
Dr Trudy Barber, an expert in the relationship between technology and sexual intercourse, compared the rise of sex robots to that of the e-book and said the machine would would allow people to appreciate ‘the real thing’ more.
At the International Congress of Love and Sex with Robotics, Dr Barber yesterday said that society’s readiness to embrace technology means it was only a matter of time before it also plays a significant role in people’s sex lives.
She said: ‘It could be that we are so busy with our lives, we are so embedded in our technological narrative that the idea of engaging in long-distance sex and robot sex is actually a natural process in our evolutionary cycle.
‘I think what will happen is that they will make real-time relationships more valuable and exciting.’
Predicting that robots would become an ‘extra human race’ she added: ‘The question is not ‘when will it become acceptable’ but ‘when will we integrate’.
‘We are able to have so many colours on our sexual pallet now; I think we’d be daft not explore them.’
There are currently several models on the market including Rocky or Roxxxy True Companion, which are on the market for about £7,000, (approx 6 lacs) but it is believed that advances in technology will make sex robots increasingly lifelike and affordable.