The 12 most high-tech hotels in the world

Aloft Cupertino comes with a robotic butler that will deliver you towels at the pool!

It gets around by taking the elevator and can call your phone to alert you when it has a delivery.

The rooms also look pretty swanky and come with an Apple TV.

Rooms start at $130.

The Yotel has a robot, aptly named the Yobot, that will safely store your luggage in one of its 150 bins. To get it back, simply give the robot a pin number you receive upon arrival and your last name.

Rooms start at around $135 a night.

This luxury hotel comes with a virtual golf course that lets you play at any of the 50 best courses around the world.

There are two golf stations in the hotel. Guests simply stand on the turf and hit a ball into the screen displaying the virtual golf course. An infrared tracking system and over 680 sensors help track the velocity, spin, and trajectory of the ball to give you the real feel of a golf experience.

All rooms also come with smart climate control settings so that it adjusts to the perfect temperature for you over time. There's also a smart mini bar that will alert the front desk when it needs re-stocking.

Rooms start at around $250 a night.

CityHub offers low-cost, futuristic sleeping pods that are a better alternative to a hostel.

The 50 minimalist pods can fit a double bed. The rooms come with WiFi, an audio streaming service, and mood lighting that can be controlled via an app. 

CityHub guests are given a wristband that allow them to unlock their door. Guests have to use a communal bathroom, but you can break the ice beforehand with fellow travelers at the CityHub bar.

Rooms typically cost between $40 and $60 a night, but can spike during peak travel season.

Located on Sentosa Cove, this hotel has an outdoor swimming pool with underwater speakers to let you swim to music!

There's also extensive LED lighting to set the mood all around the hotel.

Rooms start at $273 a night.

Located in the southwestern city of Sasebo, Japan, the aptly named Weird Hotel is run by robots. Well, at least it's partially run by robots.

There's an English-speaking dinosaur robot and Japanese-speaking humanoid robot waiting at the front desk to check you in.

Floor robots will also carry luggage to guests' rooms, but housekeeping is still done by humans.

Rooms start at $350 a night.

There's also no reception in this hotel — guests find and later unlock their doors using a digital key sent on an iPhone that the hotel provides.

There's an enormous installation in the lobby that will blow up images of guests using surveillance-style shots.

Rooms start at $103.

Hotel rooms at this luxury boutique come with one of the most advanced, high-tech toilets: the TOTO Neorest. The toilet comes with a built-in bidet, electric seat heating, and air purifier.

Each room also comes with iPads that allow you to control the temperature, room lighting, and order room service.

Rooms start at $193.

The hotel comes with a tablet that allows you to control the TV, window blinds, temperature, lighting, and alarm sound in the morning.

Rooms start at $160.

You can download an app that allows you to control the room's temperature, fan speed, lighting, and TV. It will even let you turn on the door's "Do Not Disturb" sign.

Rooms also come with other perks like a 40-inch smart TV and innovative, under bed storage.

Average room price is $82.

The Aria has smart rooms that can detect when you enter and trigger functions like automatically opening the curtains, playing music, turning on the TV, and adjusting the temperature to your preference.

The rooms come with a touchscreen that let you control the automation function and turn on the "Do Not Disturb" sign on your door.

Guests also open their rooms using their smartphone instead of a key.

Rooms start at $167.

Prizeotel in Hamburg city has rooms with music lamps that will play music over Bluetooth. You can also make calls and recharge your phone via the lamp. Each room also comes with a 32-inch flat screen TV.

And my personal favorite: the bathrooms in each room come with heated floors!

Rooms start at $71.

If you're going away on business, NH Hotel might be perfect for you. The one in Berlin, as well as the hotels in Milan and Barcelona, support holographic technology. This allows someone to project a 3D image of themselves into the conference room. It also allows you to create 3D projections of work presentations.

You can also request a guitar and keyboard to use in your hotel room and take advantage of free WiFi.

The robot runs on IBM's Watson artificial intelligence and can greet guests and provide recommendations on restaurants or tourist attractions to visit.

You can also text a service called Kipsu if you need anything, like an extra pillow or basement. Other amenities include several charging stations for electric cars and a giant display that monitors the hotel's carbon footprint.