A Hotel Staffed Entirely By Robots Will Open in Japan

Japanese Robot Hotel

Everyday it seems like things from science-fiction movies are coming to life as technology advances. Well it now appears that there will be a hotel opening up and it will be run entirely by robots. If you’ve every stayed at a hotel and didn’t like the way the staff treated you, this hotel will be perfect as there will be no humans. This hotel is going to be opening up in Japan (where else) and it will be here sooner than you think.

Within the Nagasaki Prefecture of Japan is the Huis Ten Bosch theme park, an amusement park that attempts to recreate an old town from the Netherlands. There’s much to do at the theme park, and it will soon be home to one of the most advanced hotels in the world.

The hotel will be called the Henn-na Hotel and it will open up in the park in July of this year. While the hotel is relatively small at only two-stories, it will be entirely run by robots. As soon as guests enter the hotel they will be greeted by robots and then precede to check into their rooms with robots operating the front desk. From there they will then hand over their bags to robotic “lobby boys” which will then carry their luggage and show the guests to their rooms.

The fun does not stop there. Since this is Japan, you can expect all the rooms to be extremely modern and “efficient”, while remaining comfortable. Also guests will not receive any form of keys for their rooms. Instead the doors will have facial recognition software and cameras built in them. To unlock the doors guests will simply just look at the door. Robots will also clean up the rooms when you leave; the hotel is truly 100% automated.

When the hotel opens up in July it will offer 72 rooms to guests. The company also has plans to build a second building attached to the original hotel to double its capacity. Depending on the room size, rooms are expected run between $60 to $80 dollars making them very affordable. It will be really great to see this hotel finally built and running, as I’m sure there aren’t any others quite like it.

Photo from The Japan Times

 

Written by Sebastian Hensiek

From Philadelphia, Sebastian is a fan of music, writing, art, and entertainment.