Toyota builds Woven City to advance robotic mobility testing
- Woven City is a project by Toyota aimed at testing robotics, AI, and zero-emissions transportation.
- Currently, the first phase of construction is completed, and initial residents will include workers from Toyota and partner companies.
- This initiative demonstrates Toyota's commitment to innovation in mobility technologies, challenging existing urban living paradigms.
In Japan, Woven City, a project by Toyota, is being constructed near Mount Fuji with the aim of testing advanced mobility solutions. Construction began in 2021 on the site of an abandoned Toyota auto plant with the first phase covering an area equivalent to roughly five baseball fields. Once fully completed, the city will span 294,000 square meters. Daisuke Toyoda, an executive linked to the founding family, emphasized that this city is not a smart city but rather a test environment aimed at integrating robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous transportation. The first phase is designed to enable interaction between researchers and startups, facilitating collaboration in developing new technologies. The future residents, known as