The Japanese HR firm People Staff has launched a service that could drastically trim the cost of hiring front-desk help, but it's unclear whether the device has a future in the U.S. Robot Dispatch can recognize up to 10 faces and hold 20,000 stored conversation patterns, songs and riddles.

I'm not sure I would want to be greeted by this "receptionist". Although fun, I think it would be wise to have a back up humanoid on hand.