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Seoul’s Robot Science Museum will be built by robots

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Seoul’s Robot Science Museum will be built by robots

Robots will be in charge of jobs such as molding, welding, and polishing metal plates for the museum’s façade, and 3D printing concrete.


By David Malone, Associate Editor | February 27, 2019
Robot Science Museum under construction by robots in Seoul

Rendering: Ediz Akyalçın

Melike Altınışık Architects (MMA) recently won an international competition to design the world’s first museum dedicated to robot science in Seoul, South Korea. The competition, hosted by The Seoul Metropolitan Government, called for ideas to design a museum that would support public education in robotics and increase the public knowledge and interest in robots.

MMA’s design will not only exhibit robots, but the museum’s construction will act as its first exhibition. Robots will be in charge of manufacturing and construction services. As the robots begin construction on site in early 2020, passersby will be able to witness the science, technology, and innovation of robots in action. Robots will be in charge of jobs such as molding, welding, and polishing metal plates for the museum’s façade, and 3D printing concrete.

 

See Also: Rovers set to invade construction jobsites

 

The Robot Science Museum is slated for completion and to be open to the public by late 2022.

 

Robot Science Museum interior renderingRendering: Ediz Akyalçın.

 

Robot Science Museum interior exhibition spaceRendering: Ediz Akyalçın.

 

Robot Science Museum exterior and surrounding public spaceRendering: Ediz Akyalçın.

 

Courtesy MAA.

 

Courtesy MAA.

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