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Aiming ultimate productivity

There is a hotel with an unusual name called “Henna Hotel” (Odd Hotel). As a official hotel of the huge theme park in Nagasaki “Huis Ten Bosch”, it is a slightly odd hotel which started business in the spring of 2016. In this hotel that aims to be “the world’s most productive hotel”, and in consideration of the environment, robots are working, not humans. How, the front clerk and the hatcheck clerk are both robots! It is popular as the world’s first hotel where robots play an active part with almost no human staff in the hall. Front, cloak, porter etc. the main staffs of “Henna Hotel” are robot. It is quite fresh sight. (In case of emergency, resident hotel staff may respond)

Two dinosaur robot “Mirai-kun”

Three robots meet hotel guests there. There are two dinosaur robot “Mirai-kun (futures)” next to the robot of the woman. This robot talks in the voice of the man. English seems to support, too.
Basically there are no human staff here. When checking in or checking out, follow the instructions of the robot and press the touch panel and the button to complete the procedure.

The robot into the duties

It is said that as a means of reducing personnel costs to normal a quarter, the robot into the duties such as the front desk or the porter are introduced.
The robots work well even for a fee-based locker dedicated to guests. However, since the size of the locker is only 72 cm in width, 50 cm in depth, 38.5 cm in height (equivalent to the size of baggage that can be carried in the flight), caution is required for the size of the baggage. There are also Porter robots that carry baggage to the room. However, it seems that there are limited buildings available so far.

The concept of this hotel

The following is the extract of the concept from the official site.

Excitement meets comfort. Introducing state-of-the-art technologies, Henn na Hotel is the world-first hotel staffed by robots.

At the front desk, you will be greeted by multi-lingual robots that will help you check in or check out. At the cloakroom, the robotic arm will store your luggage for you, and the porter robots will carry them to your room (only available in A Wing). Mechanic yet somehow human, those fun moments with the robots will warm your heart. Furthermore, once you register your face with our face recognition system, you will be free from the hassle of carrying the room key around or worrying about losing it.

One of the definitions of the Japanese word “Henn” is “to change,” which represents our commitment for evolution in striving for the extraordinary sensation and comfort that lies beyond the ordinary.

Staying at Henn na Hotel is filled with unexpected and delightful surprises. The unique experience will take our guests one step into the future.

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