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A dinosaur receptionist is one of the robots that will make up the majority of staff at a new hotel opening in Japan.
Nagasaki’s Henn na Hotel, which translates as strange or weird hotel, has already opened for previews ahead of its official opening tomorrow, and is the first of its kind by using service robots.
Service robots have been put in place at reception, including a dinosaur, and as porters, to look after the lockers and to clean rooms.
Other pioneering technological features include the option for guests to have a keyless stay as they can choose to use facial recognition instead.
The technology was introduced in a bid to make Strange Hotel a low-cost option. Rooms start at 7,000 yen (£35) per night, which is pretty reasonable in Japan.
A Strange Hotel spokesman said: “We have created an entirely new hotel that will be the first of its kind in the world, utilising advanced technology with robots as the main staff. We pursued ‘ultimate productivity’ to provide comfort and fun.
“However, with advanced technology evolving every day, there is plenty possibility of more new technology being born in the few years to come.
“In utilising advanced technology, we considered the state of constantly changing as a natural state, and set the concept of ‘an ever-changing hotel’.”
The hotel creator’s philosophy is to be committed to evolution.
But there will be some human staff on hand too. For now.
