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Robotic Massage, Anyone?

Posted by timothy on from the bending-unit dept.

Migraineman writes "These folks have built a small robot designed to walk around on your back. The website includes a short video of the machine roaming around. There's another that's suspended from the ceiling and performs 3-D solid mapping of the person beneath. Warning - the website contains 'artsy' stuff, and doesn't include technical tidbits. Dang."

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  1. Future possibilities? by Eese · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I could see this taking the vibrator market to a whole new level. ;)

  2. Skin stimuli generator? by bdhein · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is that the politically correct way of saying muscle massager, or vibrating stimulator?