Panasonic robot washes your hair

 Have you ever been to a hairdresser/barber shop in Japan? Well, in general, they do a really good job washing your hair in the beginning. They don't splash water all over your shirt, and moreover, it feels so good that I sometimes almost fall asleep.

 So I hope this robot from Panasonic has learned the techniques from them. Because if so, there may be a bigger market out there than the assistive care segment that the company is originally targeting. Not that the assistive care market in itself is a small market either, since there are a growing number of elderly people in Japan that have a hard time taking a shower by themselves and there are not enough people that can help.

 In ways, the robot may be better. The robot has 16 fingers instead of 10. It scans your head and will adjust it's movement according to the shape of it. See the video below.

 You can see more robot videos from the 2010 International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition on NODE.