Strange Hotel names

These aren't your typical bell boys.

Henn-Na will be housed on the grounds of Huis Ten Bosch, a Japanese theme park, and will initially feature three "actoids" (robots designed in the human likeness) to work as receptionists, according to CNN. Eventually, the owners hope that 90% of the staff will be robots.

The robots will do an array of tasks, like conversing with guests at check-in — while exuding a natural "warmth" — as well as cleaning, according to the hotel's website. There will also be human staff on hand to assist.

The hotel's high-tech features don't end with robots. There will also be a facial-recognition system to enter hotel rooms as a way to replace traditional keys.

Human-like robots — depending on what you define as "human-like" — aren't just found in science fiction movies anymore, so a robot-staffed hotel isn't as out-there as it may seem. In fact, retail chain Lowe's unveiled an in-store robot clerk called OSHbot last year. It's a 5-feet-tall machine that can help consumers on the floor of retail hardware stores.

There's also ChihiraAico, which Toshiba showed off at the International CES this year, a machine designed to "achieve real heart-warming communication with human-like facial expression."

Let's just hope ChihiraAico, OSHbot and the Strange Hotel robots don't put too many concierges out of work.