The discarded slippers will move automatically across the floor and arrange themselves in a perfect lineA Japanese company is using the latest car technology to provide a new level of hotel service — robot tables, robot cushions and even robot slippers that move into position of their own accord at the touch of a button. In a demonstration at a ryokan, a traditional inn in the mountain resort of Hakone, southwest of Tokyo, discarded slippers slid automatically across the floor to arrange themselves in a perfect line by the front entrance at the push of a button. In a guest room, cushions and a wooden table moved into position across the tatami mats to await the serving of a meal. The robotic slippers can be worn like any normal pair, but have tiny wheels and a motor under their wooden…

Source: The Times March 21, 2018 17:03 UTC