Sex doll breaks down after huge number punters try it out

The £3,000 sex robot which was the star attraction at a big electronics fair in Austria this month, has broken down after a large number of visitors got overexcited. Samantha the Sex Doll had been showing off her'skills', which include reacting to touch, hugging and moaning - and remembering individuals she has'interacted' with, at the Arts Electronica Festival in Linz. However, Samantha's creators have now been forced to send her to be repaired, after visitors left the robot'heavily soiled' and with broken limbs. Broken: Samantha the Sex Robot has been sent for repair, after overexcited visitors at the Arts Electronica Festival in Linz, pictured, left the robot'heavily soiled' and with broken limbs Samantha is the latest development in a growing trend in Austria which has seen brothel customers preferring robots over sexual intercourse with a human. Samantha's developer Sergi Santos from Barcelona, Spain, described the way visitors approached the robot as'barbaric'.