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Table 1

Chronicle of RealDoll

Launch year	Manufacturer/Producer/Country	Model	Key features
2005	Michael Harriman/Germany	Andy	Respiration, heartbeats and maintenance of body temperature through an internal heater
2010	TrueCompanion LLC/United States	Roxxxy	Wi-Fi, AI-enabled speech and sound. Five modes, including “Young Yoko” and “Frigid Farah”
2010	Hiroshi Ishiguro/Japan	Germinoid F	Resembles a Japanese female in her 20s. While it is not a robot, it is known as “the sexiest robot in the world”, and shows how realistic RealDolls could look
2016	WM Doll/China	-	Moves the eyes, arms and torso and has speech features. In 2018, among 20,000 RealDoll sold, 20 were equipped with AI.
2017	Synthea Amatus/Spain	Samantha	Equipped with eight modes, including “Family Mode” and “Sexy Mode.”. Updated through SD slot
2018	Shenzhen Atall Intelligent Robot Technology/China	Emma, FeiFei, etc.	Temperature adjustable to 37 °C and can move eyes, lips and hair
2018	RealDoll/Abyss Creation/United States	Harmony	Most resemblance to human so far. Conversation features, facial expressions, touch sensing, internal heating, basic movements and user preference memory. Has five models. Modes and voice customizable

Launch year	Manufacturer/Producer/Country	Model	Key features
2005	Michael Harriman/Germany	Andy	Respiration, heartbeats and maintenance of body temperature through an internal heater
2010	TrueCompanion LLC/United States	Roxxxy	Wi-Fi, AI-enabled speech and sound. Five modes, including “Young Yoko” and “Frigid Farah”
2010	Hiroshi Ishiguro/Japan	Germinoid F	Resembles a Japanese female in her 20s. While it is not a robot, it is known as “the sexiest robot in the world”, and shows how realistic RealDolls could look
2016	WM Doll/China	-	Moves the eyes, arms and torso and has speech features. In 2018, among 20,000 RealDoll sold, 20 were equipped with AI.
2017	Synthea Amatus/Spain	Samantha	Equipped with eight modes, including “Family Mode” and “Sexy Mode.”. Updated through SD slot
2018	Shenzhen Atall Intelligent Robot Technology/China	Emma, FeiFei, etc.	Temperature adjustable to 37 °C and can move eyes, lips and hair
2018	RealDoll/Abyss Creation/United States	Harmony	Most resemblance to human so far. Conversation features, facial expressions, touch sensing, internal heating, basic movements and user preference memory. Has five models. Modes and voice customizable

Source(s): Danaher (2019), Di Nucci (2017), González-González et al. (2021), Kleeman (2017) and Kang (2020)