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 ...

I first heard about Aescape, an AI-powered, fully automated massage, via a TikTok ad. I was immediately intrigued. Can a robot really deliver an effective massage? Where does the AI come in? After the ...

I prefer massages to any other spa service and, as an unrelated aside, I'm also a big science fiction film fan. So, when I saw that I could get a high-tech "robot massage" at a spa nearby, I was in.

A.I.-informed massage robots will arrive at some Equinox gyms this month. I gave one a try. Credit... Supported by By Lauretta Charlton Lauretta Charlton is an editor at The Times and lives in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Shanghai for Science have successfully developed a new robot ...