Tokyo’s Henn Na holds the Guinness World Record for being the first hotel staffed by robots, including disturbing dinosaurs working in reception and a barista entrusted with making the coffee.

After China’s first humanoid robot marathon, Sixth Tone spoke with four startups about what worked, what didn’t, and how they ...

all, that is, except Lexi, Micah and Ariel. For the three concierges couldn't breathe germs on you even if they wanted to: they're robots.

the robot said to visitors: “Good morning. Do you have an appointment?” It then instructed them, “Please proceed to the reception desk on your left.” Curious patients interacted with OriHime.

Pepper is a robot receptionist working at a hospital in Belgium. It can speak 19 languages and was brought in to improve social and health care. It was designed by company Zora Bots and costs £ ...

The Cologne-based plastics manufacturer Igus has developed a robot that can be used in industrial environments and in service.