Room service is usually too expensive, but we might consider ordering a $14 grilled cheese if the person delivering it were actually a cute floor robot. Relay, a three-foot-tall robotic butler ...

In 2015, Japan opened the world’s first all-robot-run hotel, and called it Henn na (or “Strange”) Hotel. The machine menagerie had a short run before management decided to change up its ...

Which might be why the Culinary Union, which represents over 57,000 Las Vegas hotel, restaurant, and hospitality workers, has taken an interest in robots’ growing presence in Las Vegas resorts.

Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, service robot technology has been on the rise in the past few years. Robots like Hilton’s “Connie” and Softbank’s “Pepper” are already handling guest ...