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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 m