There is now a hotel in the world with a dinosaur concierge . He ’s also a robot . He also speaks English . He wears a precious li’l bowtie . And his coworkers are a bunch of other automaton . Welcome toHenn na Hotel , aka , “ Weird Hotel . ”
This Friday , Japan ’s Henn na Hotel ( “ henn na ” intend “ eldritch ” or “ unusual ” in Japanese ) opens its door to fleshy , organic customers , welcome them with chatty machine . While it ’s a functioning hotel , do n’t go thinking that Japan is brim with wacky guesthouse function by nonextant reptile in animatronic form . Henn na Hotel is actually part of a theme green locate in Sasebo , a city in southern Japan ’s Nagasaki prefecture .
But the machinelike staff is actually one sillier branch of a raw movement that the commonwealth ’s taking seriously . Japan , which has one of the biggest robotics industries in the world , is wait to speedily replete customer service positions with helpful talking convenience or else . The commonwealth ’s population is quickly aging , which intend the workforce will be quickly shrinking . Plus , swap mass for machines cuts childbed expenses .
Justlast calendar week , Haneda Airport near Tokyo announced it will become a testing ground this declination for a fleet of robots and an armoury of powered exoskeletons to assist human staff and customers .
Of course , the Henn na Hotel is on the silly interference fringe of this trend ; it ’s all about entertainment , not practicality . Still , I am 100 % onboard with this , especially since the Mary Leontyne Price vocalize right : rates begin at 9,000 hankering ( around 80 USD ) a dark . Can the robots make ice political machine runs for me , too ?
The dino concierge greets guests in a human male voice speaking American stressed English . “ If you ’d like to mark in , please press 1 . ” visitor then input command using a hint screen .
At the front desk , an android receptionist is flank by her colleagues , a mini scifi android and a chilling - look dino .
The pixie - voiced female android interacts with guests in Japanese as she checks them in and out .
A smaller , more cartoony ‘ bot rounds out the colorful faculty at the front desk . Upon arrest - in , the automaton use facial acknowledgment engineering science . Instead of key , guests enter their suite with a quick digital cheek scan .
Porter bots like these packmule customer luggage for them , which cuts Labor Department costs . like political machine are design to be deploy atHaneda Airportin Tokyo in September .
A “ cloak robot ” is used to clean up and store suitcases or other guest belongings in lockers .
It looks like an industrial automaton you ’d see in a factory . It also looks like the testicle - turning automaton branch from the Jurassic Park laboratory . animation finds a way .
Management welcomes reporters with waves and Segway Human Transporter - looking vehicles .
A robot stand by Henn na Hotel ’s opening ceremony on Wednesday .
Robots are even found in guests ’ room , like this one with a pinkish heyday - shapped bean , Tuly , who acts as a bedside concierge . Tuly organizes wakeup birdcall and provides conditions forecast .
President Hideo Sawada poses in one of the hotel ’s elbow room . It open Friday .
[ Associated PressviaEngadget ]
All images via AP ; YouTube video via Ruptly
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