The nonsinful nature of masturbation extends far beyond the simple type of sexual self-stimulation that involves only a person's own hands and genitals. The use of sexual or nonsexual but sensual material featuring the opposite gender is likewise permissible by the standards of Mosaic Law [1], as is masturbating in the presence of romantic partners outside of marriage [2]. Another permissible form of masturbation is, as far as the historical record suggests, unique to modern times.
Technological evolution has finally led to the point that the possible range of sex toys, objects used for sexual stimulation or pleasure, is no longer limited to items that directly seem inanimate, like vibrators or "fleshlights." Robotics has ramifications for human sexual behaviors as well as other aspects of human life. Sex robots could be designed to appear lifeless or to move and speak, and the moral implications of this are likely to be gasped at by the typical Christian.
Some might not even immediately see the connection between sex robots and masturbation, as self-pleasuring is often conceived of as centering on how a person uses his or her hands and genitals. However, masturbation can involve non-human objects like the aforementioned examples of sex toys, which do not erase the fact that the act reduces down to how someone stimulates or attempts to stimulate their own genitalia. As for the conceptual definition of these aids, as long as an item is made with the purpose of aiding sexual gratification, it is indeed a sex toy.
Even self-pleasuring that features intensive use of sex toys like vibrators or fleshlights is still masturbation, no less than that involving no physical stimulation other than that provided by one's own hands. The size of the sex toy is irrelevant. It follows that using something as large and sophisticated as an autonomous sex robot is still ultimately self-pleasuring despite the fact that the physical experience could hypothetically be identical to that of sex with a human partner. This is the most complex way to use a sex toy, but nothing about it violates Biblical obligations.
Sexual "intercourse" with a sex robot, even one that is fully conscious and possesses its own will, is nothing more than a form of masturbation, albeit the closest form of masturbation to actual sex with a human of the opposite gender. Since masturbation is nonsinful, this means that using sex robots for personal pleasure, whether or not one is married, is not a sinful act. If masturbation is not immoral, there is no line that can be drawn separating masturbation with nothing more than hands from sex with a sentient or inanimate machine that is not arbitrary and contra-Biblical.
As shocking and controversial as it is to affirm such a thing, Christian men and women have no moral obligation to shun or avoid the use of sex robots for personal pleasure--even if they are already married. It is not adulterous or otherwise sinful to engage in the most realistic simulation of sexual behaviors, for even a machine that can truly think or act for itself is not a living thing, and thus it is impossible to commit adultery with a sex robot of the most lifelike kind. The most sophisticated sex toy/aid is not an inherent moral hazard.
[1]. https://thechristianrationalist.blogspot.com/2018/09/masturbating-to-mental-imagery.html
[2]. https://thechristianrationalist.blogspot.com/2018/11/sexual-expression-before-marriage.html
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