Seoul's New Robot Park Features K-Pop Dancing Bots and Interactive AI Entertainment

Seoul's new Galaxy Robot Park opened its doors on Friday, offering visitors an immersive experience where artificial intelligence and robotics merge with entertainment. The 16,500-square-meter park in the southern part of the capital features a variety of interactive attractions. Visitors can engage in activities such as controlling boxing humanoids, interacting with robotic dogs, and even having an android draw their portrait. Cafes within the park are staffed by robots serving ice cream and coffee. The park's main draw is the Robot Arena, where humanoid robots, utilizing motion capture technology to learn new routines, perform synchronized K-pop hits and children's songs. Demonstrations of martial arts, with coordinated movements between robots and human performers, were also part of the opening. Choi Yong-ho, CEO of Galaxy Corp., described the park as a place where robots move freely, serve visitors, and perform, symbolizing a developing coexistence with robots. He noted the significant interest during a six-week trial period in July, which attracted over 20,000 visitors, demonstrating the potential for robots to move beyond industry and become a new form of entertainment. Lee Ha-mi, a radio announcer attending with her children, expressed amazement at the robots' advanced movements and her children's enjoyment. Kang Hyun-jung, a kindergarten teacher, found the park to be a good place for children to enjoy various robot experiences. Choi envisions Galaxy Robot Park as the beginning of a new era in global entertainment, stating that the next step after K-pop is the integration of physical AI with content.

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This space, which we call 'Robot Park,' is a place where robots move freely, where a robot serves you ice cream, another plays the piano at a birthday, and where we have just begun a story of coexistence and symbiosis with robots.