Pole-Dancing Robots Made Their Debut In Las Vegas

Full disclosure: Robots freak me out. I’m even hesitant to jump on board devices like Alexa. It’s always listening. I know it’s probably a dumb thing to be freaked out about, because I have a smart TV, iPhone, MacBook and use social media regularly. I don’t know though. I don’t really want straight up freaky “robots” in my home.

I’m probably just paranoid. I don’t know.

If you listen to the Chicks’ show, you’ve probably heard them talk about the emergence of sex robots. Yeah, it’s A Thing that’s gaining a lot of steam. Probably because everyone is #MeToo-ing these days and unwanted side hugs can be perceived as sexual harassment. That’s my guess.

That being said, I’m here to inform you that pole-dancing robots are a thing now. They actually entertained attendees at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I am not making this up.

Robots created from scrap may not seem like they would make for the sexiest strippers, but one visionary sculptor has made it his mission to create alluring pole-dancers from rubbish.

The android adult entertainers are the creation of a British artist who says they are a comment on the nature of surveillance, power and voyeurism.

With a head formed from a jettisoned surveillance camera and bodies built using mannequins and car parts, there is little risk of anyone confusing these bots with the genuine article, however.

They were designed by a dude named Giles Walker, who “specializes in constructing machines with the aim of addressing social issues.”

These strippers are powered with recovered windshield wiper motors and are programmed to move with the artist’s sense of feminine style.

They are currently on display at the Sapphire Gentleman’s Club a few blocks off the Vegas Strip, which will host the robotic exotic dancers from January 9 to 13.

Speaking at a media event Monday night, which was not part of the official CES program, Mr Walker said: ‘I wanted to do something sexy with rubbish.’

Well I would HOPE not.

Pictures? I know you want pictures.

LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 08: A member of the media shoots video as a ‘stripper robot’ performs during a debut of the first robotic erotic dancers in the world at Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen’s Club on the eve of the CES 2018 January 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sapphire will host the robotic dancers from January 9th to the 13th to mark the annual consumer technology trade show. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 08: A member of the media shoots video as a ‘stripper robot’ performs during a debut of the first robotic erotic dancers in the world at Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen’s Club on the eve of the CES 2018 January 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sapphire will host the robotic dancers from January 9th to the 13th to mark the annual consumer technology trade show. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 08: Two ‘stripper robots’ perform during a debut of the first robotic erotic dancers in the world at Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen’s Club on the eve of the CES 2018 January 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sapphire will host the robotic dancers from January 9th to the 13th to mark the annual consumer technology trade show. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 08: Dollar bills are seen in a tip bucker as a ‘stripper robot’ performs during a debut of the first robotic erotic dancers in the world at Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen’s Club on the eve of the CES 2018 January 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sapphire will host the robotic dancers from January 9th to the 13th to mark the annual consumer technology trade show. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

It’s like dirty “Wall-E.”

They say robot strippers won’t replace the real thing anytime soon, but clearly, tech dudes are working on it.

This is our world.

h/t Daily Mail