Japanese automaker Toyota says it is building a research center in a city-like setting to test robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicle technologies.

日本汽车制造商丰田汽车说，它正在在类似城市的环境中建立研究中心，以测试机器人技术，人工智能（AI）和自动驾驶汽车技术。

Toyota recently announced it had completed the first part, or phase, of the center, called Woven City. It sits near the southern Japanese city of Susono. Company officials recently showed off the latest progress to reporters from the Associated Press.

丰田最近宣布已完成该中心的第一部分或阶段，称为Woven City。 它坐落在日本南部城市Susono附近。 公司官员最近向美联社的记者展示了最新的进展。

Daisuke Toyoda is an executive for Toyota who is helping lead the project. He told the AP that the center was not designed to be a “smart city.” However, it aims to carry out technology research and development and be “a test course for mobility.”

Daisuke Toyoda是丰田公司的高管，他正在帮助领导该项目。 他告诉美联社，该中心并非被设计为“聪明的城市”。 但是，它旨在进行技术研发，并成为“移动性的测试课程”。

The company said Woven City would serve as a “Living Laboratory.” It aims to test technology systems to support future changes in “the movement of people, goods, information and energy.”

该公司表示，编织城将作为“活实验室”。 它旨在测试技术系统，以支持“人，商品，信息和能源的运动”的未来变化。

Toyoda said the center is meant to be a place where researchers and technology company officials can come together and share ideas. It will also seek to establish a community with a shared desire “to co-create, develop and refine” new technology products and services.

Toyoda说，该中心本来是研究人员和技术公司官员可以聚集在一起并分享想法的地方。 它还将寻求建立一个以“共同创建，开发和完善”新技术产品和服务的共同愿望的社区。

Woven City was built on the grounds of a closed Toyota automobile factory. The automaker said the project’s first phase covers about 47,000 square meters. When completed, it will spread out over 294,000 square meters.

编织城是建于一家封闭的丰田汽车工厂的地面上的。 这位汽车制造商表示，该项目的第一阶段覆盖约47,000平方米。 完成后，它将扩散到294,000平方米以上。

Building operations on Woven City began in 2021. All the buildings are connected by underground passageways. Among planned testing activities will include self-driving vehicles making waste pickups and completing deliveries around the area. Testing operations will center on how people living in cities can best interact with changing technologies.

编织城的建筑行动始于2021年。所有建筑物均通过地下通道连接。 在计划的测试活动中，将包括自动驾驶车辆制造废物拾音器并完成该地区的交货。 测试操作将集中在城市中的人们如何最好地与不断变化的技术互动。

Currently, no one lives in Woven City. When it opens, officials plan on having about 100 people living there. They will be called “weavers.” These are workers employed by Toyota and its partner companies making other products.

目前，没有人居住在编织城。 开放时，官员们计划让大约100人居住在那里。 他们将被称为“织布工”。 这些是丰田及其合作伙伴公司雇用的工人。

When AP reporters visited the area, Japanese coffee maker UCC was serving hot drinks from a self-driving bus. The bus was parked in an area surrounded by still-empty housing.

当AP记者访问该地区时，日本咖啡机UCC正在自动驾驶巴士提供热饮。 公共汽车停在被仍然空地的住房包围的地区。

Toyota has supported electric vehicle (EV) technology in the past. However, the company is currently involved in a push for hydrogen, the energy of choice in Woven City.

丰田过去曾支持电动汽车（EV）技术。 但是，该公司目前参与推动氢，这是编织城的首选能量。

Keisuke Konishi is an automobile expert at Japan’s Quick Corporate Valuation Research Center. He told the AP Toyota has plans to expand into self-driving vehicle services to compete with Google’s Waymo and other large companies.

Keisuke Konishi是日本快速公司评估研究中心的汽车专家。 他告诉AP Toyota计划扩展到自动驾驶汽车服务，以与Google的Waymo和其他大型公司竞争。

Konishi noted the company has the money for such development even if it means building up a completely new business. “Toyota has the money to do all that,” he said.

Konishi指出，该公司有这种开发的钱，即使这意味着要建立全新的业务。 他说：“丰田有钱做所有这一切。”

Toyota officials have said they do not expect Woven City to make money, at least not for the first few years.

丰田官员表示，他们不希望编织城赚钱，至少在头几年没有。

Several other futuristic developments have been planned in other areas of the world over the years. They have included efforts in Toronto, Canada; Saudi Arabia; Abu Dhabi; and San Francisco, California. But those projects are either still being developed or have been canceled.

多年来，在世界其他领域还计划了其他一些未来派发展。 他们包括在加拿大多伦多的努力； 沙特阿拉伯; 阿布扎比； 和加利福尼亚州旧金山。 但是这些项目仍在开发或已取消。