modality

“It’s probably the most important fitness modality out there for longevity,” says Dr. Christina Chen, a Mayo Clinic geriatrician and host of the podcast “Aging Forward.”

Its gleaming picture windows and grass-green exterior might as well have been the gates to the Emerald City, behind which mysterious healing modalities awaited.

Maybe you’ve seen one at your GOOP-iest friend’s apartment or at an alternative healthcare practice where new healing modalities are welcome and plain old tap water is absolutely not.

Its gleaming picture windows and grass green exterior might as well have been the gates to the Emerald City, behind which mysterious healing modalities awaited.

Existing robotic datasets vary widely in modality -- some include color images while others are composed of tactile imprints, for instance.