Posted on Jul 18, 2015

Your next vacation destination? A hotel run by robots is opening in Japan

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The technology was introduced in a bid to make Strange Hotel a low-cost option. Rooms start at 7,000 yen (£35) per night, which is pretty reasonable in Japan.

A Strange Hotel spokesman said: “We have created an entirely new hotel that will be the first of its kind in the world, utilising advanced technology with robots as the main staff. We pursued ‘ultimate productivity’ to provide comfort and fun

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COL Charles Williams

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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. Tree House Point, WA.

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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.

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COL Charles Williams Nice, but no Velociraptors...

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SSgt Alex Robinson

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I'd love a treehouse so I can be a kid if just for a few minutes

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Sgt Ken Prescott

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Japan: supplying 57% of the world's really weird stuff since 1952.

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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.

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Sgt Ken Prescott For your consideration ...
http://jimmiehov2.blogspot.com/2007/02/six-day-underwear-japanese-invention.html

me, old blogs never read, and . . .: Six Day Underwear, a Japanese invention back in the 1980s

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SPC Tiffany Ivanov

Posted 9 y ago

Our next vacation Will be in Tallinn, Estonia to see family. I've never been so I'm pretty excited.

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PO2 Peter Klein

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Completely do away with that nasty personal touch!

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SSgt Alex Robinson

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I bet the customer service is better than that of humans.

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PO1 John Miller

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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
I'm not sure if people will go for something like this!

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CW3 (Join to see)

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It is not a surprise to anyone that robots do an enormous about of work across the globe. If these robots were in a factory or part of some other type of business that reduced the manual labor needs humans it would not be a story. I think this instance is interesting because the robots are replacing or supplementing a job in which human interaction (face-to-face, customer service) is key for successful experiences by guests.

http://www.industrytap.com/service-industries-now-training-human-employees-robotics-automation/27775

Service Industries Now Training Human Employees in Robotics & Automation

Perfect conditions, some might say a perfect storm, have arisen that should see that widespread adoption of robots and automation in service industries in the near future. Industrial Robotics & Automation Shooting Through the Roof According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), 2013 saw the highest number of industrial robots ever sold, with a […]

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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.

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CW3 (Join to see) I'm guessing that is the robots that made cell-phones looked like Velociraptors.. it would make the news!
Keep them 47s flying!

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