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MADem

(135,425 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2015, 11:38 AM Jul 2015

ROBOT HOTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33562368

A dinosaur at reception
The hotel in Sasebo, Nagasaki, features different types of automated receptionists, including an English-speaking dinosaur and a Japanese-speaking female android.




More at link....


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/16/japans-robot-hotel-a-dinosaur-at-reception-a-machine-for-room-service

Japan's robot hotel: a dinosaur at reception, a machine for room service
The Henn na – or Weird Hotel – has opened in Japan where guests check in with robots which also deliver their luggage to rooms






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ROBOT HOTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Original Post) MADem Jul 2015 OP
A real life "five nights at freddy's" Bosonic Jul 2015 #1
Creepy--never saw that!!!!!!! nt MADem Jul 2015 #2
Yipes shenmue Jul 2015 #3
I would love to try it, just to be checked in by a dinosaur!!!! MADem Jul 2015 #6
Sky Net Lodge? Hotel Ex Machina? Initech Jul 2015 #4
Fits right in here....it's the WEIRD HOTEL!!!!! MADem Jul 2015 #5
But then, who doesnt enjoy a nice vacation in the uncanny valley? Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #7

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. I would love to try it, just to be checked in by a dinosaur!!!!
Fri Jul 17, 2015, 08:01 PM
Jul 2015

It looks OK for seventy three bucks a night (which is a bargain in that end of the world...).

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