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A dinosaur will greet you at Japan’s new Robot Hotel!

A robot hotel manned almost entirely by robots has opened in Sasebo in South-western Japan.
Posted by: admin , July 17, 2015
  • A robot hotel manned almost entirely by robots has opened in Sasebo in South-western Japan.
  • The hotel is called Henn na Hotel (or Weird Hotel) and its rooms start at about 9,000 Yen (A$100) per night.
  • True to its name, guests interact with robots upon entering the front door – beginning with the receptionists, an English-speaking dinosaur and a humanoid that speaks Japanese.
  • Robotic porters cart luggage around and ‘Tuly’ a lamp-sized robot sits on your bedside table, ready to answer simple questions such as weather queries.
  • It’s reported that Hideo Sawada, who runs the robot hotel as part of an amusement park, emphasises that robots are used to achieve efficiency and reduce labour costs.
  • However, robots can’t do EVERYTHING – which explains why facial recognition is used to open doors (robots aren’t good at finding keys) and humans still man security cameras to keep people safe.
  • Also, robots can’t make beds! 

Read more:

http://qz.com/455752/inside-japans-first-robot-hotel/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33544583

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/16/robots-charge-japanese-hotel

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Tags: can’t make beds, English-speaking dinosaur, facial recognition, Henn na Hotel, Hideo Sawada, humanoid, Japan, lamp-sized robot, Robot hotel, Robotic porter, Sasebo, Tuly, Weird Hotel

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