The World of Robots 2

I couldn't resist googling this, and found another blog entry referring to the same book:
paleofuture.com/2007/11/maid-without-tears-1978.html

Plus this scan of the relevant pages:


and a comment that leads to the true identity of 'Maid-without-tears':
davidszondy.com/future/robot/honeywell.htm


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