Meet the faces of Japan's first robot-staffed hotel

Japan's first robot-staffed hotel opens this week and we just got the full tour. While the main attraction may be the bordering-on-human receptionist (left) and the English-speaking dinosaur (er, right), the hotel has a whole family of robots performing varying degrees of useful work. Think: room service and a luggage porter, with one familiar face taking up duties as a bilingual concierge. A deeper dive of the hotel is coming; the robots aren't the only curiosity found inside this hotel. For now, let's meet the bots.

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Actroid: service with a robotic smile

Actroid is the most normal-looking face you’ll see. Probably because it's uncannily human. It’s not the first working android we’ve seen, but at this hotel you can get up-close -- and weirded out -- which is pretty rare. Like her prehistoric coworker, she can answer simple questions, and explain how you check in. (Hint: It’s pretty much like any other hotel.)