Desperate measures - spankable robot bottoms

The Japanese, clever so-and-sos that they are, have invented a spankable robot bottom (robottom?). Here's the link, courtesy of a thread on FetLife:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-05/video-bizarrely-realistic-japanese-r obotic-buttocks-responds-slaps

So I guess the question, fellow spankers, is: Just how desperate would you have to be before buying one of these?

About as desperate as the people who buy realdolls, I guess.

Never saw the appeal of those, and I'm not drawn to this either. For me, sex is all about the personalities involved.

There's a story here on a similar theme - Maid for Spanking by Flogmaster. I won't say too much as it's a cleverly worked story.

A robot could have a personality. A simple one could be built in and nowadays provision could also be made for the robot's behaviour to change as a result of its experiences.

Quivering, clenching cheeks from the Japanese, I am not surprised. They have used ladies panties sealed for the aroma in vending machines for men to purchase and "enjoy". I had to keep track of my 15 year old son the whole time we were in Tokyo- we knew we'd lose him every time he saw a vending machine. They are an interesting society.
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Asimov should be proud. His "Bicentenial Man" is all about robot, ok, android search for humane feelings.

Shameless self plug: My The Filifeldia Experiment explores the "neuroscience" of spanko robots.