At Japan’s Weird Hotel, receptionists, porters, concierge are all robots to

“You are sure to sense the warmth that these robots exude when chatting with them as they efficiently go about their duties”, the website says.

In future, there will be drones delivering snacks to rooms, with robots whizzing around the hotel cleaning up and helping guests.

He has big ambitions for his robot hotel concept and wants to open another one soon in Japan, and later overseas.

The rooms themselves have a subdued minimalist design echoing the modernist look throughout the building, which was designed by Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, associate professor at the Institute of Industrial Science in the University of Tokyo. The system is called “robot cloakroom”.

Another robot in the house is a porter robot, which is programmed by your keycard once you check-in. this robot will take your luggage and also guide you to your room. But don’t be anxious about being lost in dinosaur speak. Nothing unusual here, folks, just a normal hotel…

But it’s all part of the awkward theater of spending the night in what feels like a set for a sci-fi B movie, with human support staff in the background.

Announced in January, Henn-na Hotel is aimed at accommodating the burgeoning numbers of visitors to Huis Ten Bosch, which scored a profit in its 2011 fiscal year after going bankrupt in 2003.

The hotel, which is named “Strange Hotel” in English, promises guests that they can “enjoy conversations with robots with a humanly kind of warmth”.

A robot stands by Henn na Hotel’s opening ceremony on Wednesday.

The brains behind this project is Hideo Sawada, CEO of low-priced travel agent H.I.S. That’s less than half the rate at the other hotels at the theme park (which start around ¥20,000 to ¥30,000).

All this electricity will be partly powered by solar energy, which will cut down on costs, the hotel said.

A unusual Hotel spokesman said: “We have created an entirely new hotel that will be the first of its kind in the world, utilising advanced technology with robots as the main staff. We pursued “ultimate productivity” to provide comfort and fun”.