Japan's "Weird Hotel," staffed by robots, in a Japanese theme-park
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2FYMA)
The Henn Na Hotel ("weird hotel") is staffed by robots: the Japanese-speaking check-in clerk is a vicious robot dinosaur, while the English-speaking one is humanoid; a robot arm stores and retrieves personal items from the guest lockers, and a chatbot serves as concierge. (more")