Henn-na Hotel, the world's first hotel entirely staffed by robots, opens in Nagasaki, Japan on July 17. (Video/Photo: Huis Ten Bosch) Home Browse Series Live Q&A WSJ Events From Sponsors WSJ.com ...

Hideo Sawada, who runs the hotel as part of an amusement park, insists using robots is not a gimmick, but a serious effort to utilise technology and achieve efficiency. The receptionist robot that ...

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