There is now a hotel in the world with a dinosaur concierge. He’s also a robot. He also speaks English. He wears a cute li’l bowtie. And his coworkers are a bunch of other robots. Welcome to Henn na Hotel, aka, “Weird Hotel.” This Friday, Japan’s Henn na Hotel (“henn na” means “weird” or “strange” in Japanese) opens its doors to fleshy, organic customers, welcoming them with chatty machines. While it’s a functioning hotel, don’t go thinking that Japan is brimming with wacky guesthouses run by extinct reptiles in animatronic form. Henn na Hotel is actually part of a theme park located in Sasebo, a city in southern Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture. Advertisement But the robotic staff is actually one sillier offshoot of a new movement that the country’s taking seriously. Japan, which has one of the biggest robotics industries in the world, is looking to rapidly fill customer service positions with … [Read more...] about Behold, a Real Hotel Staffed By Talking Androids and Robotic Dinosaurs