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Related: About this forumROBOT HOTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33562368A 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.
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The hotel in Sasebo, Nagasaki, features different types of automated receptionists, including an English-speaking dinosaur and a Japanese-speaking female android.
![](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/16CB2/production/_84326339_028178880-1.jpg)
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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
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Bosonic
(3,746 posts)1. A real life "five nights at freddy's"
Checkout time 6AM
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. Creepy--never saw that!!!!!!! nt
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MADem
(135,425 posts)6. I would love to try it, just to be checked in by a dinosaur!!!!
It looks OK for seventy three bucks a night (which is a bargain in that end of the world...).
Initech
(103,300 posts)4. Sky Net Lodge? Hotel Ex Machina?
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MADem
(135,425 posts)5. Fits right in here....it's the WEIRD HOTEL!!!!!
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Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)7. But then, who doesnt enjoy a nice vacation in the uncanny valley?