Robots are known for many things. What they aren’t known for though, is their appreciation of aesthetics. However, they are known for being precise, consistent and objective; all traits integral to judging pretty much anything. And besides, there isn’t much that a really good algorithm can’t do that a human can. So why not get them to judge beauty?

If there’s one thing Steve Harvey showed the world, it’s that just announcing the winner of a beauty pageant is hard enough.

So if announcing the result is that hard, deciding the winner must be a task up there. Because if there’s one thing we can all agree on when it comes to beauty, it’s that it’s completely subjective.

No result ever pleases everyone. And sometimes things can even get worse for pageants. Luckily the wizards, we call scientists at Beauty.ai, have come up with a solution. And the solution is ‘Robots’.

The pageant, called Beauty.ai, is organised by the Youth Laboratories collective, a team of biogerontologists (scientists who study ageing) and data scientists. They’ve teamed up with science and tech companies including Microsoft to test the idea.

The premise is simple, contestants send in selfies through the Beauty.ai app. These are processed by Beauty.ai’s three-member robot jury. The robots evaluate the contestants’selfies, judging features like skin colour, tone, symmetry, signs of ageing and beauty and health criteria that we normally use to judge attractiveness.

The algorithm then goes a step further. It also compares the contestants within their race, age group and sex to more objectively determine a person’s ‘beauty’. The winner gets to bask in the knowledge that they are objectively the most beautiful person on the planet.

Scientists will be able to submit their own algorithms based on criteria of their choosing. The winners will get their papers published and possibly even work with leading anti-ageing, skin medicine companies that have partnered with Beauty.ai.

Through efforts like Beauty.ai, the good folk at Youth Laboratories hope to develop more apps that not only help us understand our faces, but allow us to track changes based on products we use. Or, more specifically, anti-ageing products they peddle or intend to.

So if you want to test your looks against the world’s most objective and impartial judge, Beauty.ai is your chance.