New Japanese hotel has robot staff and no room keys

Robots are deployed at the front desk to help guests check-in and out （Credit： Henn-na Hotel）

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A new hotel that is staffed with robots has opened in Japan. The Henn-na Hotel （which translates as “Strange Hotel”）， is part of the Huis Ten Bosch theme park complex in Sasebo， Nagasaki Prefecture. Guests can also access their rooms via face-recognition， and are able to control room amenities via tablets.

The Henn-na Hotel was designed by Kawazoe Lab， the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo， and Kajima Corporation. As well as aiming to provide a pleasant and comfortable stay for guests， the hotel was designed to be cost-effective， modern， environmentally-friendly and fun.

Robots are deployed at the front desk to help guests check-in and out. According to the Henn-na Hotel， it‘s possible to hold a conversation with the “warm” and “friendly” robots while they get on with their work. Alternatively， self-service check-in and check-out eliminates the need to go to the front desk or to wait in line.

There are porter robots employed to carry luggage to and from rooms， and cleaning robots employed to keep the hotel spotless of their own accord. There is also a robot employed in the cloak room. Objects up to the size of small bags can be handed over and the robot will put them away in secure lockers. When the belongings are needed， the robot will locate them in the correct locker and hand them back to the guest.

The hotel has a number of other high-tech features， too. Guests can make use of keyless access to rooms by using face-recognition. This eliminates the need to carry around a room key or card that could potentially be lost. Swipe cards are available， though， for guests who would prefer not to use the face-recognition technology.

Rooms feature motion-sensor-controlled lighting that detects when people are in a room. In this way， room lights are turned on and off automatically. They can also be controlled via tablets provided in the hotel rooms， which can be used to control other amenities as well.

Each room features a radiant panel air conditioning system that uses electromagnetic waves to transfer heat directly from one object to another without affecting the air in between. Its temperature-controlled surface draws heat away from the body when it’s warm， and keeps heat from escaping the body when it‘s cool.

The Henn-na Hotel opened on July 17. There are 72 rooms available during the first phase of construction， with a total of 144 planned eventually. Rooms start from 9，000 yen （US$73）。

Source： Henn-na Hotel

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機器人被部署在前臺，以幫助客人辦理入住和退出（來源：海茵娜酒店）

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是配備了機器人的一家新酒店在日本開設了。在海茵娜酒店（意為“怪酒店”），是豪斯登堡主題樂園復雜的佐世保，長崎縣的一部分。客人還可以通過面部識別進入自己的房間，并能夠通過平板電腦來控制室內設施。

的海茵娜酒店由Kawazoe實驗室，工業科學研究所的東京大學，并且被設計鹿島建設公司。除了旨在提供一個愉快和舒適的住宿的客人，該酒店被設計成具有成本效益的，現代的，環保的和有趣的。

機器人被部署在前臺，以幫助客人辦理入住和退出。按照海茵娜酒店，就可能舉行的“溫暖”和“友好”的機器人對話，而他們得到與他們的工作。另外，自助辦理入住和退房手續，無需去前臺或排隊等候。

有用來搬運行李，并從房間門房機器人，清潔機器人用來保持酒店一塵不染他們自己的協議。還有在衣帽間中使用的機器人。對象最多的小袋子的尺寸可以移交，機器人就會把他們離開安全的儲物柜。當需要的物品，機器人將它們放在正確的更衣室并把他們回來賓。

酒店也有許多其他高科技特征。客人可以使用無鑰匙進入房間通過使用面部識別。這樣就不需要攜帶可能丟失的房間鑰匙或卡片。不過，對于不愿意使用臉部識別技術的客人來說，刷卡是可用的。

客房配有動作感應器控制照明，檢測當人們在一個房間里。以這種方式，房間的燈被打開和關閉自動。它們也可以通過在酒店客房提供片劑，它可以用于控制其它設施以及控制。

每個房間的功能，使用電磁波以直接從一個物體傳遞熱到另一個，而不影響一個輻射板的空調系統中的空氣之間。它的溫度控制表面熱量吸收，當它的溫暖身體，并保持熱量散發體內，當它的涼爽。

的海茵娜酒店7月17日開了有72間客房在第一階段可用結構的，共144計劃最終。海茵娜酒店