Restoration Robotics creates hair transplanting robot
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 15th 2007 6:27PM
posted Aug 15th 2007 6:27PM
Though some companies are more focused on getting hair off of your person, the California-based Restoration Robotics is hoping to help doctors do quite the opposite. Reportedly, the company has just garnered some $25 million in funding, and is hoping to release its robotic hair transplanter to aid docs in the actual planting process. Moving forward, the firm purportedly hopes to use its newfound wealth to "conduct clinical trials and move to market," but it's still staying relatively mum on the details for the time being. Of course, we all know real men prefer their strands over gizmos (right?), so we'll be on the lookout for any guinea pigs who (eventually) give this a go. [Warning: Read link requires subscription][Via CNET]
More on this here a year ago to the day -- http://www.baldingblog.com/2006/08/15/robotic-controlled-hair-transplants/
Well yeah, you'd be a brave man to be part of the beta testing of the system.
Anyone else think of the hair robot from Futurama?
I was curious to see when we'd hear about hair implanting robots again:
October 7, 2006
http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/07/british-robots-to-help-treat-baldness/
Here is a link to the patent:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=x0V7AAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=restoration+robotics
I, for one, welcome our hair plug drilling overlords.
robot overloards? this is very new and exciting!
The least manly thing you can do when you start to bald is to try to do something about it.
Stop being such women and grow old with dignity and pride. Women find that hot.
Because sexual appeal is more important than anything in the world, eh?
I think self-image is vital to our psyche. It's just that a lot of people don't realise it's mostly about being comfortable with who you are right now.
Not only am I the president of Restoration Robotics, I am also a client.