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I had been thinking about rather than a robot, the thing I really need is actually just a camera and remote arms I control, that can help me cut the back of my head more accurately.

If I could see the back of my head in front of me in a way that's not reversed in the mirror, and use my own hands as normal but they do the work back there, all problems would be solved...

I don't need a smart robot, I just need an improved angle of using my own hands!

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I've been cutting my own hair for some time now, and I have to say that after a while you develop a certain level of proprioception for where the buzzer is at. I don't even look at the mirror for most of the time I'm cutting, only to check if I did it right. And almost always I know the instant I cut too much (because I get the same kind of cringe feeling you get right when you throw a basketball and know instantly that you missed).

Then again, I have a "good enough" attitude for haircuts - but people are genuinely surprised when I tell them I cut my own hair. I think this is because I've gotten better at cutting my own head of hair than what a random barber would be capable of.

Or with Chell's Portal gun you could cut the back of your hair directly :)

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