Design and Evaluation of a Hair Combing System Using a General-Purpose Robotic Arm
Nathaniel Dennler,Eura Shin,Maja Matarić,Stefanos Nikolaidis,Nathaniel Dennler,Eura Shin,Maja Matarić,Stefanos Nikolaidis
This work introduces an approach for automatic hair combing by a lightweight robot. For people living with limited mobility, dexterity, or chronic fatigue, combing hair is often a difficult task that negatively impacts personal routines. We propose a modular system for enabling general robot manipulators to assist with a hair-combing task. The system consists of three main components. The first co...
