This guy built a hilariously complicated robot barber and let it cut his hair with scissors

Shane Wighton's YouTube channel, Stuff Made Here, is no stranger to remarkably complicated robotics projects. You might remember his viral video where he built a basketball hoop where he'd never miss.

So now, with many barbershops and salons closed during the pandemic, Wighton's latest project was a robot that could cut hair. But we're not talking a robotic arm that buzzes hair. No, no, no. It's far more complicated. Wighton's robot uses scissors, sensors, probes, and lots of other things I don't fully understand to do a full haircut.

Wighton's latest video walks through the many complications of building the robot and — spoiler alert — reveals how he accidentally ended up with "a robotically perfect mullet."