Photos: Available soon: Sex robots with artificial intelligence

Realbotix CEO/creative director Matt McMullen with the doll, Harmony, which has a robotic head. Users can interact with the doll through an app. It is made by Realbotix, a company based in San Marcos, Calif.

(Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Sept. 26, 2017 7:18 PM PT

Come January, lifelike sex robots will be one step closer. That’s when a Southern California company will unveil Harmony, an anatomically correct sex doll with a patented animatronic talking head with programmable personality and memory.

Available soon: Sex robots with artificial intelligence

Real Doll heads made by Abyss Creations on display. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Real Doll bodies made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory in San Marcos, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Molds used to make Real Doll bodies at the Abyss Creations factory in San Marcos, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

The substructure of a face for a Real Doll in the factory at Abyss Creations in San Marcos, Calif. Faces are held in place by magnets and can be changed. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pigments for the different skin tones of a Real Doll in the factory at Abyss Creations in San Marcos, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Real Doll faces made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory in San Marcos, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

A Real Doll body made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory in San Marcos, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Real Doll faces made by Abyss Creations being assembled in the factory in San Marcos, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

The Harmony doll has a robotic head, and users can interact with the doll through an app. It is made by Realbotix, a company based in San Marcos, Calif.

(Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)