An inventor from the Netherlands has created a bizarre robot that combs his hair.

"I was sick of combing my hair by myself and made an arm that does the work for me," explained Tom Ouwerkerk from the city of Breda.

"It's made of glue, old toys and some Arduino (open-source hardware) components," he added.

As this video shows, it works pretty well except when he loses control of the device and it slaps him in the face.

The clip was filmed in July 2020.

I was sick of combing my hair by myself and made an arm that does the work for me. It's made of glue, old toys and some Arduino components. I have almost no knowledge of microcontrollers so it was an exploration for myself and to make a message for a younger audiences that it can be fun and easy to make something of an idea that you have in your head. Nothing has to be perfect but if it works a bit in the way that you meant it to be it will profit you in the long run.