Whenever I think of receptionists, I wonder why I always see hot women dressed up in tight fitting clothes. But that is a different topic for a different day and of course, for a different blog (wink).

We all know that Japanese love robots. Japan’s leading technology company Misubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is offering companies to replace their front desk babes with ‘wakamaru’ robots. The robots are available for working at a variety of places like front desk of offices, hospitals and other places that need (in)human touch.

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Wakamaru is 3 feet tall and weighs 30 kilograms. It has the ability to recognize 10,000 words and respond with basic sentences. Not only that, it moves around without bumping into objects and being a robot, guarantees there will be no sick days (although may break down occasionally) or belated entries in the morning. I concede these are some requirements that a blonde receptionist will find hard to match.

The charges are a paltry $1,000 per day (for up to five days). In case you are willing to engage the services of this wonderful creature for three weeks to a month, the charges drop to 20,000 yen or $150 a day. By the way, in 2005, the company had sold the same robots for $13,000 each, so if you are looking for a full-time addition to your workforce, do consider.

Don’t go by the expression on the face of young girl at the front, Wakamaru looks one nice robot to me. Maybe I should reconsider the type of receptionist I would want at my front desk. Nah, I would still stick with a young hottie!

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