Restoration Robotics Latest Automation Device For FUE.

Just this April, the Food and Drug Administration approved a revolutionary technology -- the ARTAS System from Restoration Robotics, Inc.

"It's a level of precision that can't be matched anywhere else," said Dr. James Harris with Hair Sciences Center of Colorado in the Denver Tech Center.

Harris uses a robotic arm, controlled through a remote control, to remove follicular units, one by one, from the scalp.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/28881883/detail.html

At the moment this device is to expensive. Dr Rassman on balding blog provides more information about its cost.

This new technology will make follicular unit extraction (FUE) more popular and easier for most doctors, but it will not likely drive the cost of a hair transplant down as the robotic Artas system is quite expensive for the clinic ($200,000 for the machine) plus the company charges an additional $1/graft.

http://www.baldingblog.com/2011/08/25/in-the-news-first-robotic-hair-transplant-performed/