China manufactures around 70 percent of the world's sex toys, most of it the 'hardware' on display at the expo, including realistic dolls. Photo: STR / AFP
Sistalk Technology, a Beijing-based company that made phone software before pivoting to the adult industry, also has a feature on its app that allows an AI"girlfriend" to control a toy.A salesperson told AFP that demand from China's younger generation, with more disposable income and higher standards, was changing the market.
Realistic sex robots, meanwhile, seemed a long way off -- the few on display moved jerkily, with limited and badly synced speech.
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