# A massage robot maker said more than 19 of its robots had worked in 14 clinics, physiotherapy centres and hospitals since 2019, as a trial against manual Tuina was planned

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20230213-massage-therapist-5
Date: 2023-02-13 · Stage: Capability
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## Scope

Singapore, China and the United States. A joint news release by the robot's maker, a foundation and the university that incubated the company says that since 2019 the start-up has deployed over 19 EMMA units in 14 locations, such as TCM clinics, physiotherapy centres and hospitals, clocking over 41,500 treatment hours. It says the robot aims to ease a shortage of skilled massage therapists and possibly augment physiotherapists in less complex cases, and that a randomised trial against manual Tuina for chronic low back pain was being planned in Singapore. The counts are the company's own and are not broken down by site; the release reports no trial results.

## Source

- AiTreat, The HEAD Foundation and NTU Singapore — joint news release, 13 February 2023 — https://www.ntu.edu.sg/media/docs/default-source/corporate-ntu/hub-news/ai-powered-massage-robot-to-start-product-evaluation-in-the-united-states-and-clinical-trial-in-singapore.pdf?sfvrsn=8d51fb32_1 (primary source)

## What this means

A clinical massage robot is in real use across clinics in three countries, by its maker's count, but it works alongside therapists and its trial against human massage had not reported.

## What it does not show yet

The vendor's own counts, not broken down by site; no independent report of how clinics use it, and no trial result.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the joint news release of 13 February 2023 on ntu.edu.sg and find "41,500 treatment hours".


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