Robot Hair Transplants in 2012?

Here is an article which gives the latest update of Restoration Robotics. It predicts that the device will come out in 2012.

Article: I, robot: Prototype harvests follicular units for transplant

The article states, “The Restoration Robotics prototype system is a state-of-the-art, interactive, image-guided robotic system that is designed to conduct automated harvesting of follicular units in hair transplant surgery.”

For those doctors who have not mastered FUE through a manual approach, this will become a tool that will aid new doctors in the field. It will probably be slower than the manual technique in expert hands. The cost of the robot will add some costs to the process. I’m interested to see how this materializes. See past posts I’ve written about Restoration Robotics.