Now you can blame your robot. Panasonic has developed a hair-washing bot that lets you lie down while your locks are gently shampooed. Designed for Japan's growing elderly and bedridden population, the device consists of a reclining chair and a computerized washbasin. The machine incorporates robot hand technology, with 16 mechatronic magic fingers that rinse and wash hair. It also remembers each user's individual data, such as head shape and massage preferences.

Robotics enthusiast and funny person Simone Giertz returns so we can once again laugh at the takeover of the machines. This time, Giertz has built a hair-washing robot. We don't want to give too much away, but let's just say we're glad we're bald. For you techies out there, Giertz writes in the YouTube description that she built the scalp-cleaning gizmo with "two Hitec servo motors, Actobotics from Servocity, an Arduino UNO and a 6V battery pack."