日本丰田建造了一座类似城市的中心来测试机器人和人工智能
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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表示，它正在一个类似城市的区域建立一个研究中心，以测试机器人、人工智能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.
丰田最近宣布，它已完成该中心的第一部分，即所谓的“编织之城”阶段。
It sits near the southern Japanese city of Susono.
它位于日本南部城市裾野市附近。
Company officials recently showed off the latest progress to reporters from the Associated Press.
公司官员最近向美联社记者展示了最新进展。
Daisuke Toyoda is an executive for Toyota who is helping lead the project.
丰田章男是丰田公司的一名高管，他正在协助领导该项目。
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.”
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.”
Toyoda said the center is meant to be a place where researchers and technology company officials can come together and share ideas.
他告诉美联社，该中心并非设计为“智慧城市”。然而，它的目标是进行技术研发，并成为“移动出行的试验场”。
该公司表示， woven city将作为一个“生活实验室”。它的目标是测试技术系统，以支持“人、货物、信息和能源流动”的未来变化。
丰田章男表示，该中心旨在成为研究人员和科技公司高管聚集在一起分享想法的地方。
It will also seek to establish a community with a shared desire “to co-create, develop and refine” new technology products and services.
它还将寻求建立一个拥有共同愿望的社群，即“共同创造、开发和优化”新技术产品与服务。
Woven City was built on the grounds of a closed Toyota automobile factory.
织城建在丰田汽车工厂关闭后的原址上。
The automaker said the project’s first phase covers about 47,000 square meters.
这家汽车制造商表示，该项目一期占地约4.7万平方米。
When completed, it will spread out over 294,000 square meters.
建成后，它将占地超过29.4万平方米。
Building operations on Woven City began in 2021.
Woven City的建设工作于2021年开始。
All the buildings are connected by underground passageways.
所有建筑都由地下通道相连。
Among planned testing activities will include self-driving vehicles making waste pickups and completing deliveries around the area.
计划开展的测试活动将包括自动驾驶车辆在该地区进行垃圾收集和完成配送。
Testing operations will center on how people living in cities can best interact with changing technologies.
测试操作将聚焦于城市居民如何最好地与不断变化的技术互动。
Currently, no one lives in Woven City.
目前，没有人居住在编织之城。
When it opens, officials plan on having about 100 people living there.
当它开放时，官员们计划让大约100人居住在那里。
They will be called “weavers.” These are workers employed by Toyota and its partner companies making other products.
他们将被称作“编织者”。这些是丰田及其合作公司雇佣的制造其他产品的工人。
When AP reporters visited the area, Japanese coffee maker UCC was serving hot drinks from a self-driving bus.
当美联社记者到访该地区时，日本咖啡制造商UCC正从一辆自动驾驶巴士上提供热饮。
The bus was parked in an area surrounded by still-empty housing.
公交车停在一片仍无人居住的住宅区中。
Toyota has supported electric vehicle (EV) technology in the past.
丰田过去曾支持电动汽车（EV）技术。
However, the company is currently involved in a push for hydrogen, the energy of choice in Woven City.
然而，该公司目前正致力于推动氢能的发展，这是织城首选的能源。
Keisuke Konishi is an automobile expert at Japan’s Quick Corporate Valuation Research Center.
小西圭介是日本Quick企业估值研究中心的汽车专家。
He told the AP Toyota has plans to expand into self-driving vehicle services to compete with Google’s Waymo and other large companies.
他告诉美联社，丰田计划拓展自动驾驶汽车服务，以与谷歌的Waymo和其他大公司竞争。
Konishi noted the company has the money for such development even if it means building up a completely new business.
小西指出，公司有足够的资金进行这样的开发，即使这意味着要建立一个全新的业务。
“Toyota has the money to do all that,” he said.
“丰田有足够的资金来做这一切，”他说。
Toyota officials have said they do not expect Woven City to make money, at least not for the first few years.
丰田公司官员表示，他们预计“编织之城”至少在最初几年内不会盈利。
Several other futuristic developments have been planned in other areas of the world over the years.
多年来，世界其他地区也规划了若干其他未来主义的发展项目。
They have included efforts in Toronto, Canada; Saudi Arabia; Abu Dhabi; and San Francisco, California.
他们已在加拿大多伦多、沙特阿拉伯、阿布扎比以及加利福尼亚州旧金山等地投入了努力。
But those projects are either still being developed or have been canceled.
但这些项目要么仍在开发中，要么已被取消。
I’m Bryan Lynn.
我是布莱恩·林恩。
The Associated Press reported this story.
美联社报道了这一事件。
Bryan Lynn adapted the report for VOA Learning English.
布莱恩·林恩为VOA英语学习频道改编了这份报告。
