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 ...