Imagine a hotel where service can only be perfect, you are served at the front desk by a talking dinosaur and your room comes with a personal assistant the size of a doll.
These possibilities are all a reality at Japan’s new completely robot-run Henn-na Hotel (which roughly translates to ‘Strange Hotel’) in Nagasaki.
Upon entering the hotel, guests are greeted by three “friendly” robots at the front desk — one a toy-sized robot, one a humanoid robot made to resemble a Japanese woman, and the other a dinosaur robot.
Guests are encouraged to “enjoy conversations with robots with a humanly kind of warmth, while they work efficiently”.
After checking in, one of two "porter robots" will help transport guests' bags to their room.
The "Strange Hotel" has also realised the possibility of keyless accommodation by installing facial recognition technology to room doors.
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Also featured is an information robot to help guests plan their sight-seeing or perhaps recommend a restaurant — not from personal experience of course.
Of course, a "cloak robot" takes care of storing belongings before check-in or after check-out, by using its robot arm to place luggage in a locker.
Last but not least, a room concierge robot named "Churry Robo" can be found in each room which guests can talk to or make requests to, such as turning the lights on or off or providing the current weather.