One step inside a spa's dimly lit room, and I'm already anticipating a serene, therapeutic experience: an hour-long full-body massage that leaves me relaxed and revitalized. But a recent appointment ...

Face down on a table in a skintight suit, I waited as the robot masseuse scanned my body with its four cameras. In just a few seconds, it collected 1.2 million data points and created a ...

I can think of few greater luxuries in life than a massage. Sure, there are a slew of physical benefits associated with massage therapy—from helping with chronic pain to potentially lower blood ...

Los Angeles Times reporter Deborah Vankin gets a massage by an AI robot, Aescape, at Pause in Studio City. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) My first meeting with Aescape, the AI-powered massage ...

NEW YORK -- As I lay face down on a sleek, navy-blue massage table at Aescape's headquarters here earlier this month, I felt a mix of excitement and trepidation. The tech company's debut innovation, ...

While massage therapy is certainly helpful for some back problems, it also tends to be expensive. California tech company Flexiv has set out to change that, by getting a back-massaging robot to do the ...

It's not every day you get to don a wetsuit and listen to Cardi B while a robot removes the knots in your back with its heated hooves. Why it matters: If the machines are taking over, they might as ...

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