Takeover: A second robot-run hotel opens in Japan

If human interaction isn't what you want out of your hotel stay, maybe this place is the perfect vacation lodging for you. Known as a "henn na" -- weird -- hotel, the first one opened to the general public in July last year, in Nagasaki. It's almost entirely staffed by robots, and the company behind it is now set to open a second location at the Tokyo Disney Resort next March, Asahi reports. A big hit on sites like Trip Advisor, the hotel has some of the world's most colourful front desk staff in the form of two animatronic velociraptors, along with a creepily human-looking android, all of which speak multiple languages. As well as these check-in assistants, automated bag-carrying bellhops take luggage to your room, while a heavy duty servo-arm deals with the cloakroom. While the hotel itself may be intentionally gimmicky, there is some legit advanced technology at play here -- like keyless face-recognition access to each room. Tokyo Disneyland Resort is just the tip of the iceberg, with Osaka and Aichi set to get their own hen na hotels before the end of 2017. The new hotel will offer 100 rooms. The original location in Nagasaki had 20 human staff working to assist the robots, however the new location is expected to reduce the overall workforce to just six meatbags.