18 books like The Perfect Wife

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Digital People Sidney Perkowitz · 2004 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Physics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. Understanding the physics of our universe is an essential aspect of humanity's quest to understand our environment and our place within it. Doing physics enables us to explore the interaction between environment and human… Shares: Robotics, Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Theodor Borangiu · 2015 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate This volume gathers the peer reviewed papers which were presented at the 5th edition of the International Workshop “Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-agent Man-ufacturing – SOHOMA’15” organized in November 5-6, 2015 by the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) of the University of Cambridge, UK in collaboration with the CIMR Research Centre in Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Robotics of… Shares: Robotics, Robots, Artificial Intelligence

The Mad Scientists Daughter Cassandra Rose Clarke · 2013 · ★ 3.7 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A stand-alone novel from the author of The Assassin's Curse and The Pirate's Wish. "Cat, this is Finn. He’s going to be your tutor." He looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task now is to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her… Shares: Androids, Robots

Rogue Protocol Martha Wells · 2018 · ★ 4.2 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayChris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good." Shares: Androids, Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Exit Strategy Martha Wells · 2018 · ★ 4.4 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries, comes to a thrilling conclusion in Exit Strategy. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous… Shares: Androids, Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Robots Clive Gifford · 2003 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Filled with over 150 brain-busting puzzles and quizzes – fully illustrated throughout!Are you a whizz at animal trivia? Do travel facts float your boat? Do you know all there is to know about dinosaurs?Put your knowledge to the test in this fun-packed book of puzzles and quizzes! Look out for spot the difference, mazes, odd one out and word puzzles – and, of course, bags of quiz questions on… Shares: Robotics, Robots

Teleoperation and robotics Jean Vertut · 1985 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate It is a privilege to be asked to introduce this important work. Such a book has long been needed. Industrial manipulators and robots have caught the attention of the general public and become very fashionable in the last few years. The casual reader of current newspapers and magazit:les or the viewer of television and films might easily conclude that the development of mechanical hands, arms and… Shares: Robotics, Robots

Magnetic forces Elizabeth Lachner · 2008 Shares: Robotics, Robots

Helper Robots Nancy Furstinger · 2014 · ★ 3.5 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Robots help people in many situations. Some robots rescue people trapped by tornadoes or earthquakes. Others explore volcanoes and the seafloor. And some help scientists protect our environment. How might helper robots affect your life? Read this book to find out! Shares: Robotics, Robots

Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing Shanben Chen · 2017 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The primary aim of this volume is to provide researchers and engineers from both academic and industry with up-to-date coverage of new results in the field of robotic welding, intelligent systems and automation. The book is mainly based on papers selected from the 2019 International Workshop on Intelligentized Welding Manufacturing (IWIWM'2019) in USA. The articles show that the intelligentized… Shares: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Huimin Lu · 2017 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, ISAIR 2024, in Guilin, China, in September 27–30, 2024. The 61 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 164 submissions. The ISAIR 2024 focuses on three important areas of pattern recognition: artificial intelligence,… Shares: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Rejoice Karen Kingsbury · 2004 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Brooke Baxter has achieved everything this world has to offer--a prestigious career, a beautiful home, and two wonderful children. Her recent return to her faith is an encouragement to her family. But if she faces tremendous loss, can her fledgling faith and her rocky marriage survive? Shares: Wives, Married women

All Systems Red Martha Wells · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 163p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The series is about an artificial construct designed as a Security Unit, which manages to override its governor unit, thus enabling it to develop independence. It calls itself Murderbot, and likes to watch unrealistic soap operas. As it spends more time with some caring humans, it starts developing feelings that it does not care for. Shares: Androids, Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Condition Martha Wells · 2018 · ★ 4.2 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a research transport vessal named ART (you don't want to know what the A stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers… Shares: Androids, Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Machines That Think Isaac Asimov · 1984 · ★ 3.4 · 627p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Moxon's Master - short story by Ambrose Bierce The Lost Machine - novelette by John Wyndham Rex - short story by Harl Vincent Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) Farewell to the Master - novelette by Harry Bates Robot's Return - short story by Robert Moore Williams (variant of Robots Return) Though Dreamers Die - novelette by Lester del Rey Fulfillment -… Shares: Androids, Robots

Robots (Fast Forward) Mark Bergin · 2000 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares: Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Anthropology of Robots and AI Kathleen Richardson · 2015 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate This book explores the making of robots in labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It examines the cultural ideas that go into the making of robots, and the role of fiction in co-constructing the technological practices of the robotic scientists. The book engages with debates in anthropological theorizing regarding the way that robots are reimagined as intelligent, autonomous and… Shares: Robots, Artificial Intelligence

Skylight Confessions Alice Hoffman · 2007 · ★ 3.8 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love.     Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together even when it is clear they are bound to bring each other grief. Their difficult marriage leads them and their children to a house made of glass in theConnecticut… Shares: Husbands, Wives

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