Pole dancing robots go head-to-head with strippers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

BOFFINS trigger the start of the robot phwoars — as a garter-wearing mechanoid takes on a stripper at pole dancing.

But it’s not an electric dream, the spectacle will welcome visitors to this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Organisers hope the mechanical dancers will appeal to men and women, and not just nerds.

The stripper robots were built by Brit artist Giles Walker, who said he wanted to “do something sexy with rubbish”.

He used scrap material, old CCTV cameras and powered his bots with windscreen wiper motors.

Peter Feinstein, managing director at the Sapphire Gentleman's Club , said he invited Walker and his robots to add variety at his venue which has long hosted attendees to one of the world's largest tech shows.

"This is our 18th year for the club, and we felt we needed to come up with something new and unique," Feinstein said.

"It used to be just nerds. But we wanted something more creative that would appeal to both men and women."

One customer said the androids didn't match up to the real thingAt the club, where human dancers were also performing, the robots got mixed reviews.

"I think it's a good idea," said one male customer who asked not to be identified, but added that he preferred the real thing.

"This is just the first step. They're not there yet."