JapanThe Japanese “Weird Hotel” Chain of Hotels Concedes That Its Bedside Robots Can Be Hacked
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Henn-na Hotel (変なホテル) means “Weird Hotel(s).” It is a chain of hotels in Japan (including Tokyo) in which there are robot assistants instead of staff. The robot assistants are called “Tapia.” Instead of humans, the front desk staff are robotic dinosaurs. The Henn-na Hotels chain is one of the strangest hotel chains in Japan. However, recently, it has been made public that unscrupulous individuals such as hackers could hack the “Tapia” robot assistants that face the...