Gizmodo: robot land

Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans

Danny Allen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:45:55 EDT

Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (59 and 60-feet, respectively), now Korea is building this freakin' huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Taekwon V will be the center-piece of Robot Land, a nearly $600 million dollar development of entertainment areas, exhibition halls, research centers and businesses that we've mentioned in the past. Though it broke ground long before the Japanese projects, many believe Korea's Taekwon V cartoons copied Japan's Mazinger Z in the first place. Reow.

The park is set to open to the public in 2012, with full access starting in 2013. And yes, that's a monorail whizzing past Taekwon V's ankles. Awesome. [Robot Land (translated) via Plastic Pals]

Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)

Mark Wilson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:30:00 EST

Next year, developers will break ground on Robot Land, a $562 million robot theme park in Incheon.

Opening to the public in 2012 (with full access starting in 2013), Robot Land will feature entertainment areas...along with exhibition halls, R&D centers, educational buildings and areas dedicated to industrial support. You read that correctly. Areas dedicated to industrial support.

The good times simply won't stop at Robot Land. [The Korea Herald Thanks Cliff!]

South Korea to Build Robot Land, Robots Rejoice in Electronic Bliss

ybaranovsky — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:19:17 EDT

If there's one thing the world sorely needs it's some sort of place where robots can go to chat, find love, and make plans to destroy Humanity. Luckily, South Korea is well-aware of their plight and has announced plans to build "Robot Land" — a city entirely created for the robotics industry. The city will feature facilities for research, development, and production of robots — it'll even have a stadium for robot-related competitions, like the much-heralded "Who Can Malfunction And Kill Everyone First" contest.

The project will cost $530 million dollars and will begin construction sometime in 2009 — which is also the year North Korea begins construction on their very own "Crazy Killer Robot Land" — a land that may or may not have nuclear weapons. [WaziWazi via SciFi]