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Diaper changes happen irregularly, but that's not a problem; see the entry for electric diaper.
Take a look at this 1928 illustration of the Psychophonic Nurse by Frank R. Paul.
(Psychophonic Nurse illustration by Frank R Paul) Compare to the manufactured wife from A Wife Manufactured to Order (1895) by Alice W. Fuller, the robotess from R.U.R. (1920) by Karel Capek, the teleoperated robot surrogate from The Robot and the Lady (1938) by Manly Wade Wellman, the mechanical bride from The Mechanical Bride (1954) by Fritz Leiber, the maid-robot from The Midas Plague (1954) by Frederik Pohl and the Nanny from Nanny (1955) by Philip K. Dick. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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