Sex robots divide ethicists and adult industry figures

Sex robots may still be a figment of some fevered imaginations, but many companies which make sex dolls are already at work on adding electronics and artificial intelligence to their products.

However, a leading robot ethicist has launched a campaign to try to nip this movement in the bud.

Kathleen Richardson, a robot ethicist at De Montfort University, Leicester, says that the development of sex robots should be banned.