The oblong shape in the Venn diagram where beauty overlaps with robots is growing.
In 2021, robots are ready to paint your nails and do your lashes.
Perfect manicures require more advanced technology.
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It all happens so quickly that Clockwork can finish each nail in about 30 seconds.
This feat took two and a half years to achieve and costs you around $10 to experience.
For an unassisted robot to touch a human is a big deal.
Clockwork uses a nozzle (instead of a brush) to polish one nail at a time.
Think of the last time you let something with superhuman strength and limited reasoning capabilities touch you.
But that is just the beginning.
(To put that into context, a lash or strand of hair is about 70 microns wide.)
Luum’s robots hard at work applying lash extensions.
And then there’s the robot hair salon.
At Dyson, robots style hair all day long, testing the company’s tools and tools-to-be.
To be clear, none of these robots actually look like people.
An engineer tinkers with the Dyson Drying Rig.
Many appear to be, more or less, just metal boxes; their magic is on the inside.
They can replicate, to some extent, human skills and senses, particularly sight.
In the end, robots will always lack something the rest of us have: humanity.
The Shiseido Lipstick Wipe Testing Machine sees how much a lipstick can handle before the bullet breaks.
“People crave human connectedness and social engagement,” says Hendrix.
“I dont think thats ever going to change.”
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