The-physician will perform physical check-up for the patient and customize treatment plan for him by setting up individual reference points and other important treatment parameters on the touch monitor.

Various safety systems have been incorporated in EMMA. Being a collaborative robot, EMMA can work closely with the physician, in a defined space moving at a safe speed. EMMA provides suitable strength assigned by the physician and monitors the actual massage force to ensure the safety. The robot measures the stress level and endurance level of the patient and reports to the physician immediately when the patient feels unbearable. The robot will also reduce the massage force or stop the treatment if the safety stop button is pressed or the robot feels that there is a need to do so.

AITREAT massage robots can be programmed differently according to the needs of TCM physician, orthopedist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and chiropractor. We can work together with our clients to develop their own therapy programs to provide the best therapeutic experience to their patients.

Our robot is adaptive to the preference of the patients. By creating individual profile for the physician and EMMA learns over time and provides customized initial treatment setup recommendations to the physician.

AITREAT is the first company in the world to develop commercial TCM massage robot. We have PCT patent and will continue to perfect the intellectual protection in our various area.

The medical massage robot is a brand new concept. As the manpower cost further increases in Singapore and other developed countries, the therapeutic companies will be more willing to try on new products and services to reduce the heavy reliance on manpower.

This group has identified a need for affordable supply of massage therapists/ robots that allow them to provide effective treatment at low cost. Medical massage robots allow TCM clinics to expand despite the shortage of manpower and rising foreign worker levy and quota. With the deployment of the robots, the clinic can reduce the manpower cost and generate more profits in the long run. Moreover, all TCM physicians have received letter from Singapore Police Force which informs us that medical massage can only be provided by registered physician only (therapists are not allowed). The strict law enforcement will further increase the need of our medical massage robots.

Currently, TCM physicians bear extra responsibilities for whatever conduct done by the therapists in the clinic. The physician may be sued due to any damage caused by the massage therapist even though such action directly deviates from the physician's instruction. The legal fees could be hundreds of thousands of dollars and there is even a risk of getting censured or suspended. It is not uncommon that some therapists sometimes do not follow the instructions of the physicians entirely, especially when a less qualified non-medical personnel is recruited due to the desperate need for massage therapists in some clinics. If our robots are deployed, physicians can set the key massage parameters and execute their massage treatment plans easily and safely.

The utilization of massage robot does not mean the loss of jobs for local massage therapists. The robots can fulfill the labour shortage, but the therapists' knowledge and experiences are still valuable assets to TCM clinics. They can play a better role by upgrading to supervisors and sales persons. They can help the physicians to monitor and control the robots so that the physicians are freed from such work and focus on acupuncture and internal medicine.