Jan 4, 2015 | By Simon
Between products that allow partners to "touch" each other from across the world (a technology that is even included on the new Apple Watch to a G-rated degree) to a Dildo Generator that allows a user to customize their product before having it downloaded as a file for 3D printing, the intersection of sex and technology has gotten a lot more interesting within the past few years.
While nothing will replace the interactions between two humans, the market for virtual experiences is booming: the sex toy industry alone is worth a staggering $15 billion and shows no signs of slowing down.
It would only seem natural then, that as we progress further into a future of lifelike robots who are able to perform mundane tasks, that somebody would conceive of a 'sex robot' that aims to nurture a need that might be missing in somebody's life.
The Sex Robot (or "Soubrobotte") by French artist Cesar Vonc is one such concept.
Created for a robotics design competition earlier this year, Vonc created the 3D printable concept using Cinema 4D to model the complex interior and toy-like exterior surfaces before rendering the scene using Octane Render.
While most lifelike robot designs that focus on other tasks such as delivering an object or cleaning would more than likely not need a reproduction of the sexual reproductive system, Vonc took the liberty upon himself to recreate a female reproductive system with detailed qualities in the form of machine components.
Vonc describes the Soubrobotte as "the new invention of the next century" on his website and is probably not too far off the mark in terms of what the future of the growing sex toy market looks like.
Prior to Vonc's concept design, researchers and experts already predicted that robots will eventually feature mechanical sexual organs similar to Vonc's design.
Regardless of what the future of robotics holds, the amount of people using 3D printing to fabricate their own sex toys has exploded within the last year alone. With the combination of being able to customize a product, pick your own materials and ultimately manufacture the product in your home, it makes perfect sense why some consumers might prefer this route...just like any other 3D printed object.
Posted in 3D Printing Applications
Maybe you also like:
- Entirely 3D printed Arkham Origins Batman suit takes cosplaying to the next level
- 3D printed lightsaber used in a 'sweded' recreation of the latest Star Wars trailer
- Modlab student develops a revolutionary simple helicopter using 3D printed parts
- How squids are helping advance the future of thermoplastics for 3D printing
- Toy designer uses 3D printer to quickly produce ball-jointed doll designs
- Can 3D printing defy physics? Man claims to have printed "Impossible Triangle"
- 3D print a custom shoe insole using FilaFlex and free open source tools
Pris sectioned
3Ders.org provides the latest news about 3D printing technology and 3D printers. We are now seven years old and have around 1.5 million unique visitors per month.
