THESE photographs lay bare the progress being made in mass producing incredibly realistic sex robots to meet a booming demand across the globe.

Row upon row of voluptuous silicon bodies can be seen hanging on production lines at EXDOLL’s plant based in the north-eastern China port city of Dalian.

15 Busy... a factory worker preparing silicone robot sex dolls at a factory Credit: AFP or licensors

The company makes 400 custom dolls per month, up from 10 in 2009.

It began research into sexbots in mid-2016 and now employs 120 people with plans to expand.

On the factory floor for "traditional" sex dolls, buyers can customise each doll for height, skin tone, breast size, amount of pubic hair, eye colour and hair colour.

But the most popular dolls have pale skin, huge boobs and measure between five foot two and five foot seven tall.

15 The staff are all highly skilled to produce the high-spec bots which can be tailor made to suit the customer's own personal tastes Credit: AFP or licensors

15 It could be said that the manufacture of these sex dolls involves a lot of leg work Credit: AFP or licensors

15 This worker puts the finishing touches to this doll's privates with a pair of scissors Credit: AFP or licensors

EXDOLL has ambitions to apply artificial intelligence to make dolls so lifelike that they could cure loneliness among the country's huge singletons population.

There are 33.6 million more men than women in the country of 1.4 billion people which means many frustrated young men getting little or no bedroom action.

Seated between two non-robotic silicon companions, one in a short black skirt and a smaller model in a schoolgirl outfit, marketing director Wu Xingliang explained his company's products could solve this.

He said: "China has a shortage of women, and this is a factor in why there's this demand, but they're not just for sex.”

15 Here the eyes are being made one by one in order to create utter realism Credit: AFP or licensors

15 The faces are very real and are being developed to replicate the complex facial expressions of real humans Credit: AFP or licensors

15 These faces are stored before being attached to the robot's head Credit: AFP or licensors

15 Shapely eye brows and makeup enhance the look of the robot as specified by the client or the standard specification Credit: AFP or licensors

This is because the bots can also have conversations and do some household chores.

The country is estimated to make more than 80 per cent of the world's sex toys, with over a million people employed in the country's $6.6billion (£4.6bn) industry.

In the next year, EXDOLL hopes to roll out more advanced robots featuring artificial intelligence technology, complex facial expressions and body movements, voice recognition systems and eyes that can follow people's movements.

A shapely prototype in a racy white dress bows to greet male engineers at the factory.

15 The work on the face is painstaking and requires great technique and accuracy Credit: AFP or licensors

15 This worker has quite a few faces to get through in her working day Credit: AFP or licensors

15 One of the robots is ready to have its face attached to its head after all its parts are assembled Credit: AFP or licensors

The programmers pore over 3-D models on computer screens while another one assembles a skeleton with exposed wires and joints - reminiscent of the white droids in the Will Smith sci-fi film "I, Robot".

The machine becomes more lifelike as he gingerly affixes a silicon skin - handpainted in sultry makeup colours - over its face.

Qiao Wu, chief development officer at EXDOLL, said the goal is to create the most beautiful and most human-like robot possible.

He said: "There are already good robot technologies developed, so we want to concentrate on having a robot with the most beautiful face, and the hottest body," he said.

A petite blonde prototype sitting on a chair and dressed in a see-through white blouse: "What is your name?"

"My name is Xiaodie but you can also call me baby.

“But if I'm not happy I won't answer.”

15 The face is attached to fit exactly on so as it can recreate realistic facial movements Credit: AFP or licensors

15 The technicians make sure the upper part of the body is functioning as it should Credit: AFP or licensors

15 A worker trimming the skin imperfections of the silicone dolls Credit: AFP or licensors

15 A completed sex robot stands in front of one has yet to have silicone skin attached Credit: AFP or licensors

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Xiaodie is essentially a sex doll fitted with a wifi function similar to the iPhone's Siri application, which can surf the internet and respond to voice commands.

It can turn home appliances that are connected to the wifi on and off.

Users can control the 25,000 yuan (£2,800) doll with a phone app or by giving it oral instructions - much pricier than the traditional sex dolls that the company sells for as little as 2,500 yuan (£1,700).

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