TECHNOLOGIES

Intelligence you
can hold.

One intelligence architecture powers every Carrera ritual: scan what is there, build a plan, adapt in real time, and coach you through it — all on the device, never in the cloud.

THE ARCHITECTURE

Every device runs the same loop.

Hair, skin or color — the ritual is identical. The AI reads your current state, recommends a personalised plan, executes it with closed-loop control, and shows you the result. That is what you experience in the Carrera app simulator, and that is what ships in hardware.

01

Scan

Camera and sensors capture hair, skin or shade under real conditions.

02

Analyze

On-device AI turns visible signals into a profile — moisture, texture, tone, pattern.

03

Plan

A personalised routine is built and sent to the device firmware.

04

Act

Closed-loop control adapts heat, light, serum or color delivery live.

05

Coach

The app explains every step — and you can talk to the AI at any point.

01 / LOCAL EDGE AI

The brain lives in the handle.

A dedicated SoC with DSP and NPU (target 1–4 TOPS) runs every inference on the device. Vision frames are processed at 30–60 fps; target inference is under 50 ms with control response under 100 ms. No round-trip to a server — that is why a Carrera device answers while a cloud device is still dialling home. Race them yourself:

CARRERA / ON-DEVICE—
TYPICAL CLOUD DEVICE—

 

02 / VISION ANALYSIS

It looks before it acts.

A 2–5 MP CMOS vision module reads the visible truth of your hair, skin or color — moisture sheen, strand pattern, zone coverage, shade level under real bathroom light. Frames are analysed in memory and discarded. No facial recognition models exist anywhere in the system. No image storage by default.

  1. DRYER

    Hair state

    Pattern, moisture, frizz, porosity and heat tolerance — the inputs for a drying plan.

  2. JOLI

    Skin profile

    Hydration, elasticity, texture, tone and fine lines across guided face zones.

  3. COLOR

    True shade

    Current level and tone measured, then matched against your goal shade for a predicted result.

  4. NEVER

    Your identity

    We read condition, not identity. No face recognition, no behavioural profiling.

03 / ADAPTIVE CONTROL

The plan executes itself — safely.

Analysis is only half the story. Every Carrera device closes the loop between what the AI sees and what the hardware does: variable-speed BLDC motors, multi-zone heaters, light modules, electroporation and precision comb guides — all capped by independent safety firmware that cannot be overridden from the app.

  • Carrera Adaptive Vision Hair Dryer

    3–4 zone closed-loop heater, ToF + thermopile scalp sensing, airflow control. Heat hard-capped at 55°C — firmware, not a setting.

  • Joli 360

    LLLT Red + NIR with exposure limits, electroporation intensity adapted to skin sensitivity, RFID-verified serum capsules.

  • KolorMe

    Comb-guide precision delivery, shade-matched formula timing, QR/NFC refill verification before every session.

  • Fail-safe layer

    Independent watchdog: thermal fuse, blocked-airflow detection, optical exposure limits, fail-safe shutdown on fault.

04 / ARCHITECTURE

System architecture per platform.

Edge AI on the phone, deterministic control in firmware, and a clear link between them — or, for KolorMe, no control link at all. Select a platform to inspect the closed-loop design.

Mobile camera hair analysis, personalized drying plan, ESP32-S3 device control, session tracking and voice AI

1User + Mobile App (Edge AI)
Front hair scan in the Carrera app ✓ ANALYSIS COMPLETE
  • Mobile Phone Camera
  • Edge AI Hair Analyzer
  • Pattern / Moisture / Frizz Analysis
  • Personalized Drying Plan
  • Drying Progress Dashboard
  • Next Session Schedule & Time
  • LLM Voice Assistant
  • STT (Speech-to-Text) · TTS (Text-to-Speech)
  • Local User Profile & History
2Wireless Communication
BLE / Wi-Fi
Secure Commands
Session Data Feedback
ESP32-S3 Connectivity
3Carrera Adaptive Vision Hair Dryer
  • Heat + Airflow Control Engine
  • Variable-Speed BLDC Motor
  • Multi-Zone Heaters
  • Red + NIR Care Light
  • 6-Axis IMU
Carrera Adaptive Vision Hair Dryer
  • ToF Distance Sensor
  • Thermopile Scalp Temp Sensor
  • Dual NTC + Airflow Feedback
  • Safety Monitor · 55°C Hard Cap
  • Battery & Power Management
4Closed-Loop Workflow
  1. 1Capture Hair Image
  2. 2Analyze Hair Condition
  3. 3Generate Drying Plan
  4. 4Send Plan to Dryer
  5. 5Start Heat + Airflow Session
  6. 6Monitor Safety & Session Data
  7. 7Update Progress
  8. 8Schedule Next Session
➜ Plan / Commands (App → Device) ➜ Data / Feedback (Device → App) ↻ Closed-Loop Feedback (Continuous Improvement)

Walk the full loop in the interactive app prototype.

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05 / VOICE COACHING

Talk to the AI. Any time.

Every device has a Talk to AI screen in the app — a voice interface with suggested questions and on-device answers. The coach explains what is happening, why the plan chose those settings, and what to do next. Hold the button below to see the four-step intelligence loop that runs inside every session.

Hold to let the AI read.

  1. SEE

    Camera and sensors capture relevant context.

  2. UNDERSTAND

    Local analysis interprets the user need.

  3. ADAPT

    Algorithms select the right treatment behavior.

  4. COACH

    App guidance explains what is happening and why.

06 / PRIVATE DATA

The best cloud is no cloud.

Privacy here is not a settings page, it is the architecture. Analysis happens locally, results stay on your device, and the only thing Carrera ever learns about you is that you bought a device.

  • 0 uploads

    No image or measurement ever leaves the device.

  • 0 accounts required

    Full function out of the box, no registration wall.

  • <50 ms decisions

    Local inference is not just private, it is faster.

  • 100% GDPR native

    Engineered in Munich under EU privacy law.

07 / ENGINEERING

Built the German way.

Every Carrera device is developed as an instrument first and an appliance second. That order matters — and it is how a grooming house with decades of Made in Germany heritage builds intelligent beauty tools.

  1. 01

    Measured, Then Made

    Sensors and closed-loop control before styling promises. If we cannot measure it, we do not claim it.

  2. 02

    Serviceable by Design

    Filters you can clean, capsules you can swap, firmware that improves the device you already own.

  3. 03

    Tested Past the Spec

    Thermal cycling, drop tests and duty cycles far beyond a bathroom's worst morning.

  4. 04

    Quiet Confidence

    Around 70 dBA under load. Power you hear about in results, not in noise.

08 / DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Four rules every device must pass.

The same review loop Carrera runs on grooming and kitchen hardware — now applied to every Beauty Tech platform.

Hold to run the design review.

  1. CONTROL

    The user always knows what the device is doing, and why.

  2. PRECISION

    Numbers over adjectives. 55°C is a promise, "gentle" is not.

  3. DURABILITY

    Designed for years of daily use, not a season of novelty.

  4. CALM

    Guidance in plain words. Technology that lowers the pulse, not raises it.

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