Government officials have no idea how to regulate the growing sex-robot industry (NSFW)

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Amid reports from the Drudge Report to The New York Times, sex robots are rapidly becoming a part of the national conversation about the future of sex and relationships. Behind the headlines, a number of companies are developing robots designed to provide humans with companionship and sexual pleasure — with a few already on the market.

Unlike sex toys and dolls, which are typically sold in off-the-radar shops and hidden in closets, sexbots may become mainstream. A 2017 survey suggested almost half of Americans think that having sex with robots will become a common practice within 50 years.

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In a landmark 2003 case, Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law and established what some scholars have described as a right to sexual privacy.

There is a split among circuit courts in how Lawrence should be applied to state restrictions on the sale of sex toys. So far, Alabama's ban has been upheld, but I suspect that all sex-toy bans will eventually be struck down. If so, it seems unlikely that states will be able to wholesale restrict sales of sex robots generally.

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