A gynoid, robotess, or fembot is a feminine humanoid robot. The depiction of gynoids in science fiction films and artwork is a noted cultural phenomenon, with questions being posed about sexualization
Vyommitra (Indian Space Research Organisation, 2020)
Ai-Da, the gynoid artist, at Abu Dhabi Art (2019)
"Sweetheart", shown with its creator, Clayton Bailey; the feminine robot (also a functional coffee maker) created a controversy in 1983 after it was displayed at the Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley.
Étienne Maurice Falconet: Pygmalion et Galatée (1763). Although not robotic, Galatea's inorganic origin has led to comparisons with gynoids.
Sex robots, also known as sexbots, are anthropomorphic robotic sex dolls that display human-like movement or behavior and incorporate varying degrees of artificial intelligence. As of 2026, although e
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Artist Ed Emshwiller's conception of a humanoid robot from the 1954 science fiction magazine Galaxy