BAOSHAN District plans to convert derelict industrial container yards and warehouses along Metro Line 1 into creative parks, offices and museums — and even a robot research center, officials said yesterday.

The district government will cooperate with Shanghai University and Qingdao-based Haier Group to create the center, focusing on the development of robots with artificial intelligence.

The 1 million square-meter Baoshan area along Line 1’s seven stations between Gongkang and Fujin roads is home to more than a dozen state-owned warehouses that once housed silk, cotton, fruit, iron and steel. One of Shanghai’s biggest container yards is also in the area.