Chinese cities are rolling out AI robot barber kiosks, Cointelegraph says
Cointelegraph said in a thread on X that 3D-scanning robot barber kiosks are appearing in Chinese cities for 60 yuan a cut, but did not name the maker or list specific cities.
By Ryan Merket ยท
Why it matters
Automation is moving from back-of-house robots to consumer-facing services. If reliable and cheap, AI barber kiosks could pressure low-margin grooming shops and accelerate autonomous retail experiments, especially in China where hardware pilots can scale quickly.
Chinese cities are rolling out AI-powered robot barber kiosks that 3D-scan customers and cut hair with claimed millimeter precision for 60 yuan per session, Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) said in a thread on X.
A video linked in the post, sourced from X, shows a walk-in booth scanning a customer's head in 3D before a robotic mechanism trims hair inside the kiosk. The thread characterizes the system's accuracy as millimeter-level and positions the units as unattended, pay-per-use kiosks. Cointelegraph corrected an initial mention of the price as yen to yuan in a follow-up post.
The thread did not identify the manufacturer, name the operating cities, or provide deployment timelines or safety certifications. RuntimeWire has not independently verified the video's origin or the scope of any rollout beyond the X posts. If accurate, the kiosks would represent another test of autonomous retail hardware in high-footfall urban settings, with pricing pitched at a budget haircut tier.
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2057179551344611792
Cointelegraph's post embeds a short clip from X that appears to show the system in use; you can watch it here.