"When you walk into the Forever Young Spa in Back Bay, the first thing you notice is the blue massage table with robotic arms positioned on each side. At the Smart SKN lab, there are no bottles of skincare products on the shelves. Instead, all the products remain hidden inside a gigantic compartment that houses a robotic arm ready to create custom skincare formulations. And soon, the Braintree and Everett Ulta Beauty stores will each have a robotic machine offering full manicures."
"Boston has long been home to several robot and AI tech companies, but the public is getting the chance to see those robots and AI in action more and more as the technology expands into beauty and self-care industries. As public concern grows about AI taking over humans' jobs, the humans at Smart SKN lab, Forever Young Spa, and 10Beauty say they're emphasizing the original intended purpose of robots and AI: to assist humans."
"Founder of Forever Young Spa Derrick Young said it's important that the technology behind robots and AI is shared as widely as possible. "If we only let a few people ... develop and control the robots, [the robot] still won't do its own thing, but it will have the mind of those few people. And that's why everybody needs to be a part of this societal effort," he said."
A Back Bay spa uses a blue massage table fitted with robotic arms for treatments. A Smart SKN lab stores skincare products inside a large compartment and uses a robotic arm plus a scope, survey, and AI to create customized Korean skincare formulations. Two Ulta Beauty stores will deploy robotic machines offering full manicures. Multiple Boston robot and AI companies are expanding into beauty and self-care, making the technologies visible to the public. The companies emphasize that robots and AI are intended to assist humans and grow markets, not to replace human workers. Broad sharing of the underlying technology is urged to avoid concentration of control.
Read at Boston.com
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