There's a new kind of hotel in Nagasaki, Japan. Robots work at the front desk, helping guests to check in there. One robot looks like a person. It speaks Japanese. Another one looks like a dinosaur. It speaks English. "If you want to check in, push one," the dinosaur says. Then the guest can type in information on a touch panel screen(触摸屏).
This is all happening at the Henn-na Hotel. The workers are almost all robots. The robots are not just for fun. They do lots of work, saving time and money as well.
Robots can be seen all over the hotel. One robot lifts boxes into and out of a storage area(存储区) in the hall. Another one tells guests what's for breakfast. It also shares some information.
Hotel guests can experience technology when they get to their rooms. First, there are no room keys. A computer takes a picture of a guest's face during the check-in. Then the computer at the room door will know the face. It only opens for the correct person.
Inside the room, there's a small robot called Tuly. It's in the shape of a pink tulip(郁金香). Tuly can answer simple questions like "What time is it?" and “What will the weather be like tomorrow?" Tuly can also turn the room lights on or off if it's told to. (There are no switches on the walls.)
Running a hotel by robots seems to be costly, but it's not. That's because the robots aren't paid.