Realbotix Corp has threatened to pursue what it calls “prosecution” against anyone publishing false information about the AI robotics company, as it seeks to further separate its sex robot and non-sex robot subsidiaries.
The US-based holding company Realbotix Corp has two subsidiaries. Intima LLC makes Realdoll sex robots, while Realbotix LLC makes AI-powered humanoid robots for commercial and service use.
Realbotix Corp CEO Andrew Kiguel told SEXTECHGUIDE that the two subsidiaries now use completely different and “unrelated” technology for their robots.
With some potential investors and customers perhaps being queasy about sex bot associations, Realbotix Corp executives have been at pains to show that the two subsidiaries are separate entities.
Recent media coverage hasn’t helped the case. Recently gaming news site Kotaku ran a news article about Realbotix’s program to put a humanoid robot in a New York school, and mentioned sex robots in the headline.
Gizmodo ran an article about the school plan with the headline: “One conglomerate wants to sell you a school teacher, a friend, and a sex robot”.
Days later, Realbotix’s threat arrived in the form of a press release. The company said it would pursue legal avenues, “including prosecution where appropriate, against any media outlet or individual that continues to publish false or defamatory information” about Realbotix Corp.
Kiguel said: “There have been several media outlets reporting false information that misrepresent our mission, technology, and products, causing unnecessary confusion”.
Severing the sex connection
Realbotix wants to sell talking AI humanoid robots to family-friendly companies and organizations such as schools, hotels, theme parks and hospitals. In 2025 Matt McMullen, founder of sex robot company Abyss Creations (now named Intima LLC, the Realbotix Corp sex robot subsidiary), told STG about the problems arising from sex robot association, a theme STG explored in more depth in RealDoll founder says Realbotix is making robot heads with ‘intimate friendship’ AI, but no sexbots.
“It’s hard to do business with big corporate entities [like] hotel chains,” he said. “If there’s an obvious connection between sex dolls and [non-sex] robots… someone on their board is like, ‘No’. So, that’s why we’re careful about keeping the two isolated.”
McMullen was the COO of Realbotix when he said that, following a company acquisition and restructuring. He was also still managing the sex robot subsidiary. Kiguel told SEXTECHGUIDE that McMullen is now employed only by Intima LLC.
Realbotix Corp said that now Realbotix LLC and Intima LLC “do not share employees, products, inventory, manufacturing resources, or technology”. A new head of Intima LLC, Sue Ennis, was announced in March 2026.
Realbotix’s recent customer-facing robots, such as flagship model Aria (pictured above, with McMullen on the right and Kiguel on the left), have looked remarkably similar to Realdoll sex robots.
However, Kiguel told SEXTECHGUIDE that “all employees at Realbotix today have been hired in the last two years (most in the last 12 months) and they have developed entirely new tech that is unrelated [to] the tech being used at Intima.”
Growing sex robot frustration
It’s understandable that Realbotix executives are getting more frustrated at the constant sex robot associations, when the company’s growth area is service and customer-facing bots that you couldn’t have sex with if you tried (they don’t have the necessary bits and bobs). Anything related to sex can be enough to send some potential tech investors packing.
The subsidiaries are set to be separated even further later in 2026, as Realbotix LLC pursues a move to get transferred to the NASDAQ stock exchange company Onconetix, Inc. The Intima LLC sex robot subsidiary will not be transferred.
So, maybe the day when Realbotix will be mentioned without sex robot associations may soon come.
And for the sake of legal clarity, we’d like to point out that you absolutely cannot have sex with the robot Realbotix is putting in a school.
Support & help
If you’ve experienced image-based sexual abuse or non-consensual sharing of intimate images, help is available worldwide.
- USA — RAINN operates the 24/7 National Sexual Assault Hotline (800-656-HOPE), or visit the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative for comprehensive assistance.
- UK — Victim Support offers free help via a 24/7 helpline (0808 168 9111).
- Europe — many countries provide victim assistance through the 116 006 helpline.
- International — other resources include SaferNet (Brazil), Digital Rights Foundation (Pakistan), AWARE (Singapore), Rain Lily (Hong Kong), and KCSVRC (South Korea).
For a complete international directory, visit the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative’s international resources.
