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Robot Land, the world's inaugural Robot-themed park, in South Korea will commence operations in 2016, aiming to provide visitors with an exciting experience alongside their Robot companions.
Located in Incheon city, Robot Land is only 30km away from the capital Seoul and in close proximity to Incheon International Airport. According to Robot Land's website, Incheon International Airport served up to 40 million passengers in 2011, including international flights to Beijing, Tokyo, and Shanghai.
Robot Land will be a family-friendly amusement park with traditional entertainment attractions such as carousels, slides, water parks, hotels, and many other facilities. Additionally, this themed park will feature a specialized Robot science training center for university graduates, a research and development center for robots, a residential area, as well as retail centers…
The 'Robot Kingdom' area will be the battleground for Robot competitions with various exciting contests. Particularly, the robot technology exhibition room will provide visitors with insights into the useful applications of robots in the future, especially when robots are used to assist humans in daily life.
In 'Robot City,' visitors will enjoy relaxing on water slides at the water park and explore an aquarium with many marine creatures crafted from robots based on realistic simulations such as jellyfish, various types of fish, lobsters…
Visitors to 'Kidbot Village' will experience thrilling sensations on slides and carousels alongside friendly robots.
One attraction that will surely impress many tourists is the 111-meter-tall statue of Taekwon V Robot, based on the main character of a famous animated film produced in South Korea in 1976.
Upon completion, Taekwon V will surpass the Statue of Liberty in New York, as well as Japan's Robot Gundam and Tetsujin 28.
Robot Land hopes to attract approximately 2.8 million visitors annually. This project is undertaken through collaboration between the South Korean government, private investors, universities, and numerous robot research and development companies.
Phase two of the project will focus on developing several hotels and upscale residential areas here, and according to the plan, this phase will be completed by 2018.
With Robot Parks, South Korea's robot industry will be further promoted. By 2020, the South Korean government hopes that every family in the country will have a robot to assist them in their daily lives.
As per Dantri
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Reference: Travel guide from Mytour
MytourJune 18, 2014
