# Japanese Hotel Operated by Robots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661 "2015-09-11T12:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/1 "2015-09-11T12:21:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **Japan has a new hotel operated almost entirely by robots** > The Henn na Hotel in Japan, which translates to “Weird Hotel” in English, is almost entirely operated by robots. The only humans on staff are security officers and a cleaning crew. A night’s stay at the hotel is relatively cheap, running about $80 per night. I like the velociraptor desk clerk. Even more amusing is that the cleaning staff is human. Maybe we can sell them a few Roombas. But you couple this with the story about Killer Robots in Australia ( [Headline: "Scientists Design Killer Robot ..." - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767989) ) and that velociraptor desk clerk doesn’t look so cute anymore. And I don’t like that the facial recognition robot looks too much like the HAL-9000 “Open my hotel room door, HAL” “I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.” > [@](#): > > [New Japanese Hotel Is Staffed by Robots - Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/henn-na-hotel-japan-robot-employees-2015-7#ixzz3lQpecwlX) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/2 "2015-09-11T12:26:40Z")
Robots doing the desk work (and killing starfish) while humans do the cleaning; I don’t see a problem here. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/3 "2015-09-11T12:49:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Robots doing the desk work (and killing starfish) while humans do the cleaning; I don’t see a problem here. oh, sure, they’ll KILL the starfish, but they won’t clean up afterwards. It sounds like having robots is like having kids. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/4 "2015-09-11T16:02:52Z")
The Gen-3 robots are going to have tentacles. You don’t want to know what happens if you forget to tip. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/5 "2015-09-11T16:06:02Z")
Do cyber hookers hang out in the lobby? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/6 "2015-09-11T16:21:33Z")
I found the hotel’s web site [http://www.h-n-h.jp/en/](http://www.h-n-h.jp/en/), which says the place opens in March 2016. Apparently it’s near [Huis Ten Bosch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huis_Ten_Bosch_%28theme_park%29), a Dutch-oriented theme park near Nagasaki. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/7 "2015-09-11T17:20:11Z")
I want to stay there but I’m terrified. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/8 "2015-09-11T20:24:46Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I want to stay there but I’m terrified. What’s the worst that could happen? The robots become sentient and rape you death as a sacrifice to the Old Ones? Not to worry, a plucky band of scantily-clad Japanese school-girls (age-appropriate) will show up in their mecha’s to save you. Well, save your life, you’ll still be horribly violated. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/9 "2015-09-11T23:00:44Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > What’s the worst that could happen? The robots become sentient and rape you death as a sacrifice to the Old Ones? > > Not to worry, a plucky band of scantily-clad Japanese school-girls (age-appropriate) will show up in their mecha’s to save you. > > Well, save your life, you’ll still be horribly violated. By robotic tentacles. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/10 "2015-09-12T00:26:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > By robotic tentacles. All that for $80/night? And they say vacationing in Japan is too expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/11 "2015-09-12T01:05:44Z")
> [@Mr.Me](#): > > All that for $80/night? And they say vacationing in Japan is too expensive. I live far enough from Sydney to want to spend the night there on rare occasions. Tokyo and Kyoto are cheap by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-hotel-operated-by-robots/730661/12 "2015-09-12T01:55:16Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > What’s the worst that could happen? Ever see [Westworld](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070909/)?