Harmony, The First Sex Robot
This is the doll, whose name is Harmony, that has a robotic head. You can interact with the doll through an app. It is made by Realbotix. Realbotix is a subsidiary of Abyss Creations which make the RealDoll. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Realbotix CEO/creative director Matt McMullen is rolling out a doll, whose name is Harmony, that has a robotic head. You can interact with the doll through an app. McMullen, whose company is in San Marcos, is the founder of Abyss Creations which makes the RealDoll.
Realbotix CEO/creative director Matt McMullen stands with the doll, whose name is Harmony, that has a robotic head. You can interact with the doll through an app. McMullen is also the founder of Abyss Creations which makes the RealDoll. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
These are some of the RealDoll heads on display in the showroom at Abyss Creations in San Marcos, California. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
These are some of the RealDoll bodies made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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These are some of the RealDoll bodies made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
This is a RealDoll body made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
This is a RealDoll face made by Abyss Creations.
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This is a RealDoll face made by Abyss Creations.
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This is a RealDoll face made by Abyss Creations.
(Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)These are molds used to make RealDoll bodies at the Abyss Creations factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
These are molds used to make RealDoll bodies at the Abyss Creations factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
These are molds used to make RealDoll bodies at the Abyss Creations factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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This is the substructure of a face for a RealDoll in the factory at Abyss Creations. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
These are pigments for the different skin tones of a RealDoll in the factory at Abyss Creations. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
These are some of the Real Doll faces made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
This is the lobby at Abyss Creations, home of the RealDoll and of the new sex robot by Realbotix called Harmony. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Eduardo Contreras has been a staff photographer at the U-T since 1994. Previously, he worked at the Chicago Tribune and as a freelance photographer in Orange County, California, where he grew up. Contreras has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. on assignment as well as internationally, reporting from Cuba, Canada, and Mexico. Contreras was member of the U-T staff that won the National Press Photographers “Best Use of Photos” honor in 1998. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and has been working as a photojournalist since 1984. He has been married since 1989 and has three children.