Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot 181
angry tapir writes "Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse. The robot, images of which were distributed by Panasonic, appears to be about the size of a washing machine. Users sit in a reclining chair and lean back to place their head in the machine's open top. Two robot arms guide the 16 fingers, which have the same dexterity as human fingers, the company claims."
Luckily for us... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not the same (Score:4, Funny)
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Finally we have developed hair washing technology. I have struggled with this all my life, and Panasonic feels my pain. It is so confusing to was your hair, sometimes I use all 10 fingers (and thumbs), while other times I only use 6. I am unable to maintain consistency, and I'm never sure how much I should wash and rinse. Sometimes I don't rinse, other times I spend the rest of the day rinsing. The portability of this machine will make it practical in every day life, I could take it to work with me, take it on a holiday, and wash my hair to the machines content. Luckily the two robot arms have the same dexterity as human fingers, because my fingers have the same dexterity as robot fingers. In this way, we will be a perfect match.
THANKS PANASONIC, YOU'VE SOLVED ALL MY PROBLEMS!
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:5, Funny)
Yup, here's your problem. Someone set this thing to "Evil".
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:5, Funny)
OMG, this robot just brainwashed that guy!
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:3, Funny)
Actually the fingers could have multiple uses. They could be used as electrodes for picking up brainwaves, or if you're handled in the right places, for indirect Body Mass Index determination. And maybe more...
0) Administer knockout gas while doing hair
1) Run an low level signal, say 1 kHz, through you
2) Sense the ratio and the phase of the voltage and resulting current
3) The phase angle (arctangent of reactance over resistance) correlates to a B.M.I. value
4) automatic liposuction mode enabled if B.M.I. threshold met
5) sell lard.... Profit!
6) seek another human... rinse lather repeat...
Somebody's gotta say it... (Score:5, Funny)
Within 10 minutes of this thing going on sale to the public, somebody's gonna have their dick in it.
Re:Somebody's gotta say it... (Score:3, Funny)
They can re-use the chatroulette genitalia detection algorithms, with some touch sensors added, to prevent that dangerous use, perhaps?
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:2, Funny)
You are all ignoring the most important question (Score:2, Funny)
Obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:1, Funny)
Houston? We have a problem:
The robot read the instructions on the shampoo bottle and is stuck in an endless loop...
Robot barber (Score:5, Funny)
Just remembered an old joke:
So they bring out a new machine to cut hair, it's a box with a hole in it, you stick your head inside and it cuts the hair.
Somebody asked a question: -But everyone's head is different.
The answer was this: -Only for the first time.
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:1, Funny)
Then as long as the fingers can't pinch skin or grab a bundle of hair and pull hard...
Removing that feature would completely eliminate any double-use functionality...
Re:Luckily for us... (Score:3, Funny)
The device can be found here [wikipedia.org].