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‘Perfection’: Can sex robots replace human partners?

Harmony was designed by Robotix to be a perfect companion of a very specific kind. She’s a sex robot and will be available for purchase by the end of the year. In this podcast, Benjamin Silvester speaks with a retailer of hyper-realistic sex dolls to figure out what this means for relationships of the future.

Audio report by Benjamin Silvester
 

Audio journalism students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism worked with mentors from All The Best radio to create content for Science Gallery Melbourne’s show on Perfection.

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