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South Korea's Robotland theme park set to open in 2016
Robotland, the world's first exhibition complex dedicated to robotics, is scheduled to open in Incheon, South Korea in 2016.
The KRW670.4bn (£381m, US$622m, €460m) project, 30km (18.5 miles) outside of Seoul, is being developed by Robotland Co. Ltd, and is a combination of learning facility and theme park attraction.
Of the site's total area of 767,286sq m (190 acres), 343,950sq m (85 acres) is occupied by the theme and water park element and their associated administration functions, with the theme park comprising three sections.
Robot Kingdom incorporates the Robot History Centre; a 350-seat research and development exhibition; and a 2000-seat Robot Game Arena and Convention Centre.
Robot City offers a water ride called Water Rapid, a single-car, 80-seat roller coaster; a Robot Aquarium; and the AutoFactory, where visitors can experience a robot-operated production and assembly line.
Kidbot Village features a flying robot coaster; a big wheel; a jump ride called Bot Bounce; a merry-go-round known as the Bot-Go-Round; and an education centre.
Elsewhere on the site it is planned to create a robot research and development centre, a post-graduate school of robotics and a Robot Industrial Support Centre. Other facilities are set to include retail outlets, restaurants, condominiums and hotels.
After the South Korean government's original plan for a robot theme park to be completed by 2012 came to nothing, Phase One of construction - which is all the public facilities - is expected to open in September 2016, with Phase Two - the hotels and condos - following by 2018.
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