World’s first hotel entirely staffed by robots to open in 2027

AI-generated representative image by Freepik via Magnific. Article by Bronwyn Thompson. New Atlas – June 26, 2026. News release: Pudu Robotics.

The first hotel run by robots will open its doors to the public next year. It comes as no surprise that it’s happening in China – on the artificial island built for the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, the cross-sea megaproject in the Pearl River Delta. Pudu Robotics has announced the first “full-scenario robot-serviced hotel” on West Artificial Island that connects the ambitious bridge and tunnel crossing known as the Shenzhen-Zhongshan (ShenZhong) Link in Guangdong Province. […]

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Photos: A few of the models to be deployed to the Artificial West Island hotel, on show at the Shenzhen launch. Photos courtesy of Pudu Robotics.