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Sex robot firm teams up with FBI following surge in requests for 'childlike bots'

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A sex robot firm has warned of a surge in the number of customers asking for ‘child bots’, and has teamed up with the FBI to catch them.

Michael Wilson, part-owner of Realdoll, has revealed that his firm regularly passes information from customer enquiries to the FBI.

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