New hotel in Japan to be run by robots

A new hotel in Japan would be ran by robots. Room service, cleaning, serving drinks would be done by machines.

It looks like the rise of the machines as reports have revealed that a new hotel is being opened in Japan which will be run entirely by robots.

The Henn Na Hotel will be opening on Friday, July 17 at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Japan, and the staff of the hotel will be robots.

At the Henn Na Hotel, guests will be able to check in through face recognition and they will also be able to open their room door using facial recognition.

According to the Japan Times, The robots will be responsible or the day to day running of the hotel; cleaning, carrying bags and serving drinks would be all done by the robots.

The reason behind this idea the report says is to reduce staff costs significantly which will allow the hotel to use offer cheaper rates to their customers.

72 rooms will be available at the Henn Na Hotel, with prices of rooms starting from around $60 per night.