In this paper, we present a novel robotic system for skin photo-rejuvenation, which uniformly delivers laser thermal stimulation to a subject's facial skin tissue. The robotised treatment is performed by a customised manipulator instrumented with a cosmetic laser generator, a depth sensor, and a thermal camera. To plan the optimal trajectory of the manipulator, our system computes the surface model of the face and segments it into seven regions, then automatically fills these regions with uniform laser irradiation. Finally, we report the detailed results of experiments on multiple human subjects to validate the performance of the system. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first time that facial skin rejuvenation has been automated by robot manipulators.
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