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 ...

A 5,000-year-old therapeutic practice gets an upgrade. Fully automated, heated robotic arms powered by AI ensure that Aescape’s massager provides a personalized, customizable experience that doesn’t ...

I am alone in a dimly lit room, splayed face down on a table. Megan Thee Stallion’s Mamushi is bumping from a speaker, and on a large screen, two white circles roam up and down an outline of my body.

Infrared sensors scan your skintight bodysuit before robotic arms dig into the knots in your back. A touchscreen below your face plays music and lets you adjust the pressure. There's no nudity. No ...

AI-powered robot massages are now available at over 100 locations in the US. The wellness industry is adopting AI, reflecting the wider shift toward replacing human roles. I visited a high-tech spa 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 ...

(KTLA) – Massages aren’t for everyone. But for many, you realize the benefits after getting past your personal boundaries: it’s relaxing and probably good for you in various ways. Now, one startup ...

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.

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