Technology
A barbershop in
Hyogo Prefecture decided to try a robot developed by Panasonic to shampoo the
hair of its customers. The owner will try the robot for about two months
beginning on April 11. Based on the feedback from the customers, Panasonic will
improve the robot and plan to put it into practical use within the year. The company
wishes to ship the robot to hospitals and nursing-care facilities for patients
and disabled people.
The shampoo robot
measures the figure of the head of a person automatically, and shampoos and
massages his hair, while spraying hot water on his hair. It takes about 15
minutes to finish shampooing. Panasonic developed the first version of this
robot in 2010. The company subsequently made lots of improvements on it. This
robot may have good business prospect because labor charge will go up, while
the price of a robot will go down as the production grows.
Panasonic's shampoo robot
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