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| Tokyo, JAPAN : A combo picture shows a Japanese electronoics giant Panasonic employee demonstrating a bed shaped robot which can be transformed between a bed (L) and a wheel chair (R) to make life easier for elderly and disabled people at the annual Home care and Rehabilitation exhibition in Tokyo on September 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO |
Japan's Panasonic on Thursday unveiled a robot that can scans a client's head using 3D technology, then shampoos their hair and massages the scalp with its rubbery "fingers".
The prototype machine was developed to help thinly-stretched staff at healthcare facilities, common problem in rapidly-ageing Japan, said the electronics maker.
In a three-minute media demonstration, the automated hair salon, which resembles a dentist's chair with a wash basin, moved a pair of "arms" with 16 finger-like massage nobs while squirting shampoo and water.
