(NYT) – I went to Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul to see how we might one day live with robots. It was part cutting-edge technology, part theatrics.

But how close are we to that future? And what role do we want robots to play in it?

This park in Seoul — opened in the summer by Galaxy Corporation, an entertainment and technology company that represents major K-pop singers — offers one version, in which robots not only ease our burdens but also entertain us, dance alongside us and act as our companions. That future is nearly here, it suggests.

Central to this vision is Unitree Robotics, the Chinese company behind the humanoids in most viral robot videos, and the park’s biggest draw. (Read More)