A company's plan to open a so-called sex robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston's City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to specifically ban individuals from having sex with an'anthropomorphic device,' a device that resembles a human being, at a sexually-oriented business. The company, Canada-based KinkySdollS, had wanted to open a'love dolls brothel' in Houston in which people would be able to use its human-like dolls - a concept that that has drawn comparisons to the science fiction series'Westworld.' KinkySdollS says its human-like dolls (above), which can speak and feel warm to the touch, are available for sale or rent. It would have been the company's second location. The first location opened in 2017 in Toronto.