Welcome to the Robot Hotel - Please See the Velociraptor for Check-In

(playful xylophone music)

[Narrator] Not a people person?

Tired of dealing with hotel staff?

Please see the velociraptor for check-in.

(velociraptor speaking in foreign language)

The Henn-na Hotel in Japan has 72 rooms,

but only 10 human staffers.

[Robot] Welcome to the Henn-na Hotel.

[Narrator] There are robot porters,

a robot concierge,

[Robot] Konnichiwa.

[Narrator] and Chu-ri-chan, a bedside robot

that can answer questions about the time,

the weather, the room temperature,

and even control the lights.

(robot speaking in foreign language)

Facial recognition allows for keyless entry,

but sometimes it struggles to put a face

to that room number.

The human staffers are there for emergencies

and some of the cleaning.

The idea is to improve efficiency and productivity

by reducing labor costs.

Well, if the robots don't malfunction.