It looks like it really is the future, too – Henn-na already has two sibling hotels in Japan, with 10 more slated by the end of next year, including six in Tokyo.

Henn na's robot staff was first employed in 2015 with the aim of becoming "the most efficient hotel in the world." But four years later, it seems that the 243 robots are less of a novelty and more ...

Japan's iconic Henn-na — literally "Strange" ­— hotel has decommissioned half of the 243 robots it once used to handle everyday operations. Some of the problems stem from creative ideas that ...

At the Henn-na Hotel, or “Strange Hotel”, guests check in, check out, get their rooms cleaned and their luggage conveyed by a fleet of blinking, beeping and rolling robots that the hotel ...

After the bug was revealed, HIS Group, which owns the 10 Henn na Hotels currently operating in Japan, tweeted: 'We apologise for any uneasiness caused.' However, the hotel said there is no ...

The Henn na Hotel in Tokyo. Ned Snowman – stock.adobe.com That’s when the robot addresses her. “Your check-in is now complete,” the droid rigidly declares.

This was published 6 years ago Tokyo, Japan: Henn-na Hotel fires its robot staff Updated January 30, 2019 — 2.08pmfirst published at 9.46am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

Among the 243 robots employed by the Henn-na Hotel, which roughly translates as "Weird Hotel" were a velociraptor receptionist, an automated gardener and a one-armed claw that handles left luggage.

TOKYO The name offers guests at the recently opened Henn na Hotel in Ginza their first inkling that they are checking into accommodations unlike any other in Tokyo. Henn na means "strange" in ...

Time Out says Probably Japan's most out-there hotel chain (and that's saying something), robot-managed Henn Na Hotel is now striking down in Tokyo's classiest district.

The robot revolution will have to wait at the Henn na Hotel in Japan, which is laying off low-performing droids after they created more work by annoying and confusing guests and piling up in the ...