Robotism

Robotism (technosexuality, or ASFR) is an erotic fascination with robots, cyborgs, and androids — either the machines themselves or a person portraying one. It can center on the fantasy of a flawless, programmable artificial partner, or on 'robot roleplay,' where someone acts stiff, mechanical, and controllable, giving or taking commands. Themes of control, programming, transformation into a machine, and the uncanny blend of human and mechanical are common. It's fueled by sci-fi and grows alongside real robotics and AI. It overlaps with mechanophilia, transformation, and objectification.

The appeal blends control and the uncanny — a machine partner is perfect, obedient, and programmable (no messy human unpredictability), while robot roleplay offers the erotic surrender of being 'controlled,' reprogrammed, or made into an object. Sci-fi fantasy adds escapist charge.

It's enjoyed through robot and android fantasy and art, or roleplay: one partner acts robotic — stiff movements, monotone voice, obeying 'commands' or being 'programmed' — sometimes with costumes, makeup, or mind-control themes. It often overlaps with dollification.

As fantasy and roleplay it's low-risk. If costumes, restraints, or stillness feature, mind breathing and comfort, and negotiate any control or objectification themes with aftercare. Otherwise it's imagination.

The community around this is sometimes called 'ASFR' (from an old newsgroup, alt.sex.fetish.robots). It splits into liking robots and androids as partners and 'transformation' play — fantasizing about oneself or a partner becoming a controllable machine — which overlaps with objectification and doll/dollification kinks.