Intelligent Travel Avatar: An LLM-based Tourism Quadrupedal Robot

Authors

Tao Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaFollow
Manni Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaFollow
XuDong Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology, ChinaFollow
Qiang Ye, University of Science and Technology of ChinaFollow
Lin Ma, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaFollow
Bingyu Zhu, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaFollow

Abstract

The digital transformation of tourism, while enhancing efficiency and marketing, faces persistent challenges in delivering truly immersive and authentic remote experiences. While immersive technologies like VR mitigate temporal-spatial constraints, current implementations often lack real-time intelligence, personalized co-creation, and deep contextual understanding. This study introduces the Intelligent Travel Avatar, an embodied AI paradigm that combines an advanced LLM with a quadrupedal robot, which integrates physical environment perception, real-time data processing, and multimodal interaction to deliver context-aware, personalized guidance through natural language dialogue. Through the combination of embodied robotics and LLM-driven intelligence, this study offers both theoretical contributions and practical insights into the design of AI-powered tourism agents, while extending the application of GenAI in the tourism domain.

Recommended Citation

Xu, Tao; Gao, Manni; Liu, XuDong; Ye, Qiang; Ma, Lin; and Zhu, Bingyu, "Intelligent Travel Avatar: An LLM-based Tourism Quadrupedal Robot" (2025). ICEB 2025 Proceedings (Hanoi, Vietnam). 48.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/iceb2025/48