title: Robotic hair harvesting system: a new proposal.
abstract: Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) has become a popular hair transplanting method for solving male-pattern baldness problem. Manually harvesting hairs one by one, however, is a tedious and time-consuming job to doctors. We design an accurate hair harvesting robot with a novel and efficient end-effector which consists of one digital microscope and a punch device. The microscope is first employed to automatically localize target hairs and then guides the punch device for harvesting after shifting. The end-effector shows average bias and precision of 0.014 mm by virtue of a rotary guidance design for the motorized shifting mechanism.
authors: Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan. shanelinnz@gmail.com
authors: Xiang
authors: X
authors: Lin
authors: Toji
authors: T
authors: Nakazawa
authors: Ryuya
authors: R
authors: Yasuda
authors: Etsuko
authors: E
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Sakuma
authors: Hongen
authors: H
authors: Liao
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000628:therapy*; D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012371:Robotics; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012984:Software; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods