Toyota Is Building A High Tech City Where AI, Robots, And Humans Live Alongside Each Other

Toyota has labs all over the world to test its alternative fuel, automated driving technology, and robotics. However, the automaker is pursuing a far more ambitious plan, which is to set up a prototype city at the foot of Mount Fuji in its home country Japan. People will work and live in this 175-acre town alongside the company’s various projects.

According to Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corp, this city is by no mean a test site. Bjarke Ingels, the famous Danish architect, is in charge of designing this smart city. The first phase of the project will start in 2021.

The architect and his firm have had several large projects, such as Google’s headquarters in London and Mountain View, as well as the World Trade Center in New York.

This is one of Toyota’s passion projects, as stated by several of the company executives. Toyoda said that the city was his personal fields of dream. It would be where scientists and engineers can test robotics, mobility-as-a-service, AI, and smart home-connected technology in a real-world environment.

The company will name it Woven City, which will also be a connected ecosystem runs on hydrogen fuel cells.

The houses in the city will have supported technology like robots to assist with daily life. There will also be AI-powered sensors to keep track of the owners’ health and meet other needs.

Toyota said that to commute around, the citizens can take advantage of the no-emission, fully-automated vehicles. The Toyota e-Palettes will be in charge of deliveries and transportation.