Robot-Staffed Japanese Hotel Opens

jfruh writes: The front desk is staffed by a female android in a white tunic. The bellhop is a mechanical velociraptor. A giant robot arm put luggage into cubbyholes. It's the Henn-na Hotel in Nagasaki and it's opening this Friday, and it's a place where 'basically guests will see only robots, not humans,' according to general manager Masahiko Hayasaka.

Comments

It's next to an amusement park for a reason

[Demonoid-Penguin]

At first read I though it might be a new Love Hotel - many of which already have no visible human staff (the low-rent US equivalent is usually rented hourly and you'd be well advised to don a full-body condom before entering). The Japanese versions are clean and classy, though often a little cramped (sex is not something sinful, or to be ashamed of in Japan). If it was it might of backfired as discrete guests scamper from the hordes of invading geeks wielding video cameras and selfie sticks. An amusing image.

A better article is here.