SASEBO, Japan – From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird ...

SASEBO, Japan (AP) — From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called ...

It was only a matter of time before the robots would start taking over…hotels. As robotics become more sophisticated, one theme park in Japan is gearing up to launch a hotel operated by an all-robot ...

Supporters of mass immigration will often say that immigrants do jobs Americans won’t do and for a cheap price. That is debatable, but there is no job that robots won’t do at a less expensive rate ...

A new Hotels.com survey finds that more than half of hotels feel pressured to roll out flashy technology. Here’s what that ...

The first automated, "weird" hotel opened in Nagasaki last year. This second one, in Tokyo, will rely even less on humans. Adam Bolton is a contributor for CNET based in Japan. He is, among things, a ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

The idea of a hotel run entirely by robots may seem like it has upsides. Tasks could be completed quickly and simply, while the workload put on the staff running the hotel decreases. This is how it ...

SASEBO, Japan — From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird ...

SASEBO, Japan (AP) — The English-speaking receptionist is a vicious-looking dinosaur, and the one speaking Japanese is a female humanoid with blinking lashes. "If you want to check in, push one," the ...