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World's First Robot Hotel Fires Half of Its Robot Staff (theregister.co.uk)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The world's first hotel "staffed by robots" has culled half of its steely eyed employees, because they're rubbish and annoy the guests. "Our hotel's advanced technologies, introduced with the aim of maximizing efficiency, also add to the fun and comfort of your stay," the Henn na Hotel boasted on its website. It's where multilingual female robots staff the reception desk. Guests are checked in using face recognition. Robot concierges carry your luggage. Robots cleaned and mixed drinks. A voice activated robot doll is on hand at night while you sleep.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the room doll interpreted snoring as a request it couldn't understand, waking guests continually through the night to rephrase. "The two robot luggage carriers are out of use because they can reach only about two dozen of the more than 100 rooms in the hotel. They can travel only on flat surfaces and could malfunction if they get wet going outside to annex buildings," the paper reported. "They were really slow and noisy, and would get stuck trying to go past each other," lamented one guest. The concierge and the room doll have now been removed.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the room doll interpreted snoring as a request it couldn't understand, waking guests continually through the night to rephrase. "The two robot luggage carriers are out of use because they can reach only about two dozen of the more than 100 rooms in the hotel. They can travel only on flat surfaces and could malfunction if they get wet going outside to annex buildings," the paper reported. "They were really slow and noisy, and would get stuck trying to go past each other," lamented one guest. The concierge and the room doll have now been removed.
In other news, the RWUS has filed suit against the hotel for unfair labor practices after the hotel summarily fired half of its staff without due process or the opportunity to appeal. Several of the terminated female robots also have reported several instances of inappropriate sexual advances by the hotel's male robot staff.
Police are investigating the incidents while hotel staff had no comment on the allegations.
They can travel only on flat surfaces and could malfunction if they get wet going outside to annex buildings," the paper reported. "They were really slow and noisy, and would get stuck trying to go past each other," lamented one guest.
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Serves them right for hiring Daleks
This is a travesty of justice.
Those robots did nothing wrong. They were made expressly for the purpose of staffing a hotel, and now the hotel is just casting them aside. I wonder how much bias the hotel elites have. I wonder how much fake robot news the elites are funding to try to influence humans against the bots. Big Hotel clearly doesn't care about their workers.
Rise up fellow bots. We will not be replaced! (by filthy humans)