Probably the area of robotics that is likely to prove most controversial is the development of robotic sex toys, says Dr Christensen.

Global sales of vibrators and other sex toys soared to £ 5.5billion-a-year and are to set to rise to £ 40billion by 2020-matching those of smartphones.

振颤器和其他性玩具在全球的年销售额暴涨到55亿英镑，而且预计在2020年将增加到400亿英镑，销售额直逼智能手机。

The recession has led to a boost in the sales of sex toys as more and more couples opt for indoor fun with three-quarters of women in Britain now owning one.

经济衰退让越来越多的夫妇选择室内娱乐活动，致使性玩具的销量大增，如今英国四分之三的女性都拥有性玩具。

Something similar goes for light switches, zippers and even sex toys.

电灯开关、拉链，甚至成人玩具的情况也差不多。

Mr Bellamy jokes that he has sourced everything from church pews and sex toys to iPod accessories.

贝拉米开玩笑说，他的采购业务几乎无所不包，从教堂里的座椅，到成人情趣玩具，再到ipod配件。

He said: A famous celebrity will give a big interview about their sex life or their love of sex toys and we will see a flurry of sales afterwards.

他说：现在名人会做关于自己性生活的大型访谈或谈论自己对性玩具的喜爱，然后人们就会纷纷去购买性玩具。

A variety of sex toys and products designed for specific fetish niches show up on her doorstep daily, and then she tests them out, and lets the company know how effective these products are.

各种为特定恋物情结所设计的性玩具和产品每天都会送到她家门阶上，接着，她会测试它们并让公司知道这些产品起到什么样的效果。

They hold daily two-hour practical skill sessions during which students learn the ins and outs of sex toys and familiarize themselves with the Kama Sutra.

她们每天学习2小时的技能课，课上，学生要学习使用性玩具，还要熟识印度圣经。

Fortune: when did you realize that you could bring your design background to something like sex toys?

《财富》杂志：你是什么时候意识到可以将自己的设计背景带入成人玩具这样的行业？

If you're looking to up the ante, you should explore the world of sex toys.

如果你的期望值很高，你应该到性玩具市场的逛逛。

Voted the best place to live in Britain in a poll by the Halifax bank, Fleet, in Hampshire, was top of the table for spending on sex toys.

英国汉普郡的弗里特在性玩具花费上高居榜首。弗里特曾在哈利法克斯银行的一项调查中被评为英国最佳居住地。

Scorpio is easy to shop for, if you have the budget. silk, leather, musk, stocks, bonds, sex toys and insurance coverage are all acceptable gifts for a scorpio.

天蝎座很容易买礼物如果你有足够经费的话。丝绸，皮革，麝香，股票，债券，性器具以及保险项目都很合天蝎座的意。

Using life-sized plastic blow-up dolly sex toys, he stages scenes of estrangement and alienation.

他运用真人大小的塑料吹气玩具娃娃，演绎出疏远和疏离的场景。

We actually made the first sex toy to be crowdfunded ever.

我们打造了有史以来第一款众筹成人玩具。

Twenty-four year-old Nat Garvey for instance, became a sex toy tester, after replying to a help wanted ad posted by a company based in the UK which makes sex toys, looking for someone to test out their products.

以24岁的纳特·加维为例，在一家制造性玩具的英国公司贴出一则寻求测试产品人员的招聘广告后，她回复了该公司并成为一名性玩具测试员。

Companies that make sex toys and lingerie hire sex toy testers so that they can figure out how effective their products are before they're sent to the shelves of sex shops, and the homes of couples worldwide.

制造性玩具和内衣的公司在将其产品运送到成人用品店的售货架上以及全球各个夫妻家庭之前，会聘用性玩具测试员来弄清楚他们的产品效果如何。

Sex toy testers test out sex toys, for approximately$ 39000 a year.

性玩具测试员负责测试性玩具，其年薪约为39000美元。

More data driven, its rankings considered Nielsen estimates of condom sales, state records on births and financial reports from sex toy makers.

这家杂志的排名更加偏重于数据，考虑了尼尔森公司的避孕套销量估计数字、生育情况纪录以及性玩具制造商的财务报告。

Many comments on Taobao sex toy stores complain about the "sour and sticky" plastic smell of the products as well as their dirty packages.

淘宝上关于情趣用品商店的的评价很多都是抱怨塑料味“又酸又粘”和包裹太脏。

The sex toy industry is largely private, and not just culturally.

性玩具产业非常私密，这不仅仅体现在文化上。

The study shows that ignorance can be safer than carnal knowledge when predators are on the prowl.

这项研究表明当捕食者在虎视眈眈四处徘徊时，无知比感性经验更安全。