If you've ever suffered from back and joint pain I'm sure that you've reached a point where you'd do pretty much anything if it made the pain go away. So while the BackHug device isn't cheap – it's £89 per month for individuals – I know when I was experiencing chronic back pain myself I'd have been willing to pay that much for some robot pain relief.
The British-made BackHug claims to be the UK's first robot back therapist, and it looks a bit like one of those things you used to jump over in primary school gymnastics. But it has more in common with the best massage chairs, although it delivers its massage in a much more precise, and its creators say more effective, way.
