![]() Apte said those images are used to create a 3-D point cloud showing the shape of the nail, and this data is used to figure out where the edges of your nail are located. You place a digit on a finger rest and slide it into the machine, where two cameras rapidly take about 100 pictures of the nail. ![]() To paint your nails, Clockwork’s machines rely on cameras, data, and algorithms. “I feel like most people who want to do beauty on a regular basis don’t always have time for it,” Apte told CNN Business.Īpte said she came up with the idea for Clockwork, which she founded with Aaron Feldstein in 2018, in part to solve her own problem.ĬNN Business Senior Tech writer Rachel Metz recently tested Clockwork's fingernail-painting robot at a local Target store. Clockwork’s machines are an attempt to make such robots more common in everyday life they’re aimed at people who want something in between a sit-down manicure (which can be costly and time-consuming) and do-it-yourself nail painting (which, if you’re like me, can be extremely messy). Robots have been common in commercial settings for a long time, but they mostly remain a novelty with consumers (you may have encountered the occasional French fry-making robot, barista robot, or delivery robot, to name a few). Fingernail painting costs $10 (though Clockwork is currently offering first-time customers $2 off), and is meant to take about 10 minutes or less. Clockwork CEO and founder Renuka Apte said the machines will be added to three more Target stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on May 11. Jesse Meria/Courtesy ClockworkĬlockwork robots were added to three Target stores (two in the San Francisco Bay Area, one in Target’s corporate home state of Minnesota), starting in February, as part of a small-scale test to see how shoppers take to this sort of on-the-go beauty service. However, there are some differences in the viscosity of the glue, the amount of filling, and the operating mode of different company.Clockwork's fingernail-painting robot takes pictures of each fingernail then pipes polish onto the nail, leaving no brush lines. ![]() Double channel 800 pcs - 1200 pcs per hour.
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