The humanoid robot, nicknamed "Sally," is meant to help students studying robotics and technology. The plan has received pushback from those raising concerns about privacy and the robot maker’s ties to a company that makes sex bots. Big picture view:Salamanca City Central School District planned to deploy the $60,000 stationary robot with long dark hair, which had already been nicknamed "Sally." The district has said the robot would not be collecting information nor would it be recording video or audio. It also denied that "Sally" was a repurposed sex doll, and described it as a "newly manufactured, purpose-built educational unit."