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Laser nail booth · Available in 2028

AI-generated visualization of the concept: close-up of a laser pass over a gel-coated fingernail resting on the vacuum cradle inside the booth
AI-generated visualization of the concept — the laser removing old gel, layer by layer, above the natural nail.

Concept | Launching 2028

Old gel off, new gel on — about 30 minutes

Meet the autonomous beauty booth we are building: it will remove, coat and decorate your nails with a laser and a printer — not blades or drills. Designed for salon-quality gel, with no tool touching your nails, and open whenever you are.

Custom art on both hands. No appointment. No blades.

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  • Laser removal, no acetone
  • OD5+ eye-safe enclosure
  • Launching 2028

The full cycle

3D animation | Narrated

Watch one hand go through the booth

Scan, laser removal, cuticle and edge, printed art and cure, then self-cleaning — the whole planned cycle in about a minute and a half.

3D concept animation, accelerated — not footage of a working machine. Captions are burned in.
Transcript

Meet Nailbotics: an automated nail studio inside a sealed, laser-safe capsule. A vacuum bed and a soft shell hold the hand still, like a cast. Optical sensors build a 3D model of every nail, down to the natural nail beneath the coating. It also screens for fungal signs and healthy blood flow before any work begins. Station A uses a laser. It removes the old coating layer by layer, while coaxial sensors watch the nail in real time. Then it cleans the cuticle line and trims the free edge, one nail at a time, from index finger to thumb. Station B takes over. It applies a base coat, prints the design, adds a top coat, and cures each layer with UV light. Five nails, one continuous cycle. When the cycle ends, the vacuum releases and the hand is withdrawn. UV-C lamps then disinfect the empty capsule for the next client.

Design concepts

Design concept, AI-generated illustration: nude nails with gold accents

Classic

Nude & gold

Design concept, AI-generated illustration: magenta French tips

Bold

Magenta French

Design concept, AI-generated illustration: lavender chrome nails

Chrome

Lavender chrome

Design concept, AI-generated illustration: floral nail art

Art

Floral

Design concepts — AI-generated illustrations, not photos of nails done by the Nailbotics machine.

How it will work

Designed to take about 30 minutes for both hands, at a target price from $25. Sit down, slide your hand in, walk out with fresh gel and your design. Lasers are already trusted in dermatology, eye surgery and dental care — we are bringing the same contactless precision to your nails.

01

Pick your design — on your phone or at the booth

Upload a photo, type a description, or pick a ready-made design. The printer is designed to reproduce it at photo-realistic quality.

02

Sit down and slide your hand onto the vacuum cradle

The hand goes through the port and rests on the cradle. No blades, no drills — no tool touches your nails.

03

Scan, then laser removal of old gel

Cameras build a 3D model of the hand, and a subsurface 3D scan maps each nail, down through the gel. The laser is designed to lift gel layer by layer and stop above the natural nail — no acetone.

04

Optional care, then the new coat

Cuticle care is guided by the subsurface 3D scan and designed to keep a safety margin from live skin; edge shaping is contactless. Then base, printed art and top coat, UV-cured.

05

Done — then the booth cleans itself with UV-C

Target durability: 2–3 weeks, like salon gel.

AI-generated visualization of the concept: the seat, touchscreen terminal and hand port of the Nailbotics booth
AI-generated visualization of the concept — seat, terminal and the hand port.
AI-generated visualization of the concept: stereo cameras scanning the hand before the procedure
AI-generated visualization of the concept — stereo cameras build a 3D model of the hand before anything starts.
AI-generated visualization of the concept: the laser head positioned above a fingernail
AI-generated visualization of the concept — the laser head above the nail.

The problem

Industry | Health

What a manicure costs you today

Whether you pay $25 or $100, you trade off time, consistency, and hygiene you can't see. Here's what the research says.

$25Economy manicure

A quick 30-minute mani at the nearest salon is convenient. The trade-offs:

  • Results vary from visit to visit — uneven polish, messy cuticle lines
  • Inspection studies have found that many salons do not fully follow instrument-disinfection rules1,2
  • Budget polishes and removers can contain solvents and plasticizers that researchers flag for exposure concerns3,4,5
$100Premium manicure

The quality is usually better. The trade-offs:

  • The wait for an appointment is often 2–6 weeks
  • A visit typically takes 1.5–2 hours
  • Shared metal tools must be sterilized between clients; reviews have linked salon procedures to hepatitis B risk where that fails6
  • Finding a nail artist you trust can take months of trial and error
Sources
  1. doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2017.03.004
  2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25240577
  3. doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8019.2012.01543.x
  4. doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8019.2007.00111.x
  5. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04495
  6. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25250760

The answer

NAILBOTICS

Think of it as a beauty booth that will do what your nail tech does — minus the wait, and with no tool that ever touches another client's hands.

~30 mintarget, both hands
from $25target price, base procedure
24/7365 days
AI-generated visualization of the concept: the Nailbotics capsule seen from outside — glass enclosure, robot arms, touchscreen and the hand port
AI-generated visualization of the concept — the capsule from outside.

What makes Nailbotics different

Today's nail robots focus on painting. Nailbotics is designed to handle the whole gel cycle — removal, coating and art — in one session.

Today's nail robots

  • Most current nail robots paint regular polish on bare, prepped nails (as of 2026)
  • They don't remove old gel — you arrive with bare nails
  • Regular polish typically lasts 7–10 days; gel, 2–3 weeks

Nailbotics

  • Zero prep — come with old gel, chipped polish, anything; removal and a new coat in one session
  • Laser removal of old gel, layer by layer — no acetone, no drills
  • Printed nail art in your own design — upload a photo, type a description, or pick one
  • Gel coating with a target durability of 2–3 weeks, like salon gel
  • Designed to run 24/7 without on-site staff, with remote human oversight
  • Compact booth: ~1.3 × 2.7 m including the seat — airports, malls, hotels, gyms, office lobbies

Safety

Safety | Technology

Safety is the core of the design

A closed capsule under negative pressure, a hardware safety system designed to react faster than your reflexes, and cameras that watch every pass in real time. Because great nails should never cost you your health.

Contact

No shared tools

A laser replaces every blade, drill and file — no tool that touches one client ever touches the next

Scanning

High-precision 3D scanning

A subsurface 3D map of each nail — through the gel down to the natural nail — is designed to guide every pass with tens-of-microns accuracy

Heat

Temperature control

The laser is designed to barely heat tissue. Target: skin kept below 39 °C, monitored by a thermal camera

Interlock

Hardware safety system

Designed to cut the laser within microseconds if your hand moves or leaves the port

Pre-check

Pre-procedure check

Cameras inspect nails and skin first; if something looks unusual, the booth won't start and suggests you check with a professional

Hygiene

Clean every time

Designed for UV-C cleaning after each client, smooth sealed surfaces and fume extraction right under the hand

Air

Cascading air filtration

Multi-stage filtration: hydrocyclone, HEPA H14 and activated carbon

Materials

Gel coating

Full ingredient list published before launch.

Eyes

OD5+

Eye-safe by design

The laser is fully enclosed; the viewing window is an OD5+ laser filter.

OD5+ = the enclosure glass blocks the laser 100,000-fold.

Early access & partnership

Available in 2028

Nailbotics is planned for 2028

Join the waitlist for launch news, or write to us about partnership or a technology deep-dive. We'd love to hear from you.

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