AGIBOT and CHIMELONG to Open Large Embodied AI Theme Park at Hengqin Chimelong Spaceship Park on Sept. 24

AGIBOT and CHIMELONG are reported to be officially opening the “world’s first large-scale embodied AI theme park” at Hengqin Chimelong Spaceship Park on Sept. 24, 2026. More than 300 AGIBOT robots will be permanently deployed on opening day, with more than 100 robot interaction and experience sites across seven core scenarios. The report says the embodied AI cultural tourism joint research institute will be unveiled on opening day, along with several other initiatives, including “large-scale 5G-A embodied AI innovative applications in cultural tourism scenarios.”

The setup announced by AGIBOT and CHIMELONG represents an effort to make robots part of a theme park’s permanent operations rather than simply putting them on display. With more than 300 robots, more than 100 experience sites and applications across seven areas announced together, a key question is whether robot deployments will expand from one-off events to the operation of large facilities.

What is new about this project is not simply a robot exhibition, but the combination of more than 300 permanently deployed robots, more than 100 interaction and experience sites, and seven use scenarios. Taken at face value, AGIBOT’s stated aim is not a one-off demonstration, but to bring applications ranging from entertainment performances to hotels, visitor guidance and retail into a single operating environment. At the same time, the project layers embodied AI onto an existing visitor attraction, and can be seen less as an entirely new business than as an extension of efforts to turn tourist facilities into sites for demonstrations and permanent operation. However, according to the context of the public information, AGIBOT is promoting a “three-intelligence-in-one” product and technology architecture, while CHIMELONG has a large indoor facility in Hengqin and high visitor numbers. The key issue in this partnership, then, is not competition over robot performance alone, but whether the system can work across visitor flows, dwell times and operations for guidance, customer service and performances. With more than 300 robots, business viability is likely to depend more on maintenance, consistency, crowd control and role allocation than on individual functions. From an industry-structure perspective, this is closer to providing an operating environment than selling products. Cultural tourism facilities could gain permanent new content, while robot makers may be able to continuously collect real-world data on customer service, guidance and performances. However, public information does not establish the robots’ level of autonomy in each scenario, whether remote intervention will be used, the maintenance arrangements, the specific functions of the 5G-A applications or the pricing model. Three points to watch are: (1) the composition and division of roles among the more than 300 robots; (2) how much autonomous operation will be possible at the more than 100 experience sites; and (3) the technical specifications and safety measures for the 5G-A embodied AI applications.

For Japan’s cultural tourism and commercial facilities, the competitive factor is likely to be whether robots can be operated permanently as part of visitor flows and customer service, not just their performance as individual machines. Applications such as visitor guidance, product guidance and hotel services overlap with Japanese companies’ strengths in service design and facility operations. However, large-scale deployments involving more than 300 robots operating together and the use of 5G-A could expose differences in hands-on operational expertise.