{"id":11015,"date":"2024-08-09T15:23:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11015"},"modified":"2024-08-09T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:23:42","slug":"my-first-robot-massage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11015","title":{"rendered":"My First Robot Massage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In many ways, the room looked familiar. As with past massages I had received, the lights were dim, the air smelled vaguely of aromatherapy and there was an inviting bed in the center of the space.<\/p>\n

But one thing was different: Attached to the bed were two large, white robotic arms, which were about to work on my body for a half-hour.<\/p>\n

The hulking machine was developed by Aescape, a start-up based in New York that claims to have created \u201cthe world\u2019s most advanced massage.\u201d The contraption includes infrared sensors, which scan the body to create a detailed map of its muscle structure. Using machine learning, it then analyzes the information and creates a personalized massage plan. The robot is currently available at a hotel and massage studio in New York City, and Aescape says it will be on offer at 10 Equinox locations this month.<\/p>\n

The company is betting that the parts of a traditional massage some people don\u2019t enjoy \u2014 the oils, the nudity, the small talk \u2014 can be solved using artificial intelligence and robotics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I was at the Aescape offices in Manhattan to test the theory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I changed into an outfit provided by the company (leggings and a tight, long-sleeved shirt). Once on the bed, I lay face down with my head in a doughnut pillow and my arms resting comfortably overhead on a bolster. On the other side of the pillow was a touch screen. I tapped a button to begin.<\/p>\n

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In many ways, the room looked familiar. As with past massages I had received, the lights were dim, the air smelled vaguely of aromatherapy and there was an inviting bed in the center of the space.But one thing was different: Attached to the bed were two large, white robotic arms, which were about to work on my body for a half-hour.The hulking machine was developed by Aescape, a start-up based in New York that claims to have created \u201cthe world\u2019s most advanced massage.\u201d The contraption includes infrared sensors, which scan the body to create a detailed map of its muscle structure. Using machine learning, it then analyzes the information and creates a personalized massage plan. The robot is currently available at a hotel and massage studio in New York City, and Aescape says it will be on offer at 10 Equinox locations this month.The company is betting that the parts of a traditional massage some people don\u2019t enjoy \u2014 the oils, the nudity, the small talk \u2014 can be solved using artificial intelligence and robotics.I was at the Aescape offices in Manhattan to test the theory.Jeanette Spicer for The New York TimesI changed into an outfit provided by the company (leggings and a tight, long-sleeved shirt). Once on the bed, I lay face down with my head in a doughnut pillow and my arms resting comfortably overhead on a bolster. On the other side of the pillow was a touch screen. I tapped a button to begin.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11017,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11015"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11018,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015\/revisions\/11018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}