HaloBraid's Robotic Assistant Aims to Cut Back on 8B Hours of Braiding

For thousands of years, hair braiding has been a manual task, taking up to 12 hours at a stretch, as a stylist weaves patterns into a customer's hair.

And after years of research, a robotics startup launched this week to drastically cut down on that time. Meet HaloBraid, whose first device, set to launch later this year, acts as a braiding assistant for professional stylists.