Inside incredible robot city where humans will be subject to a mass experiment

A robotic utopia built at the foot of an active volcano is preparing for residents to move in as part of a "mass experiment".

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Designed by the car brand Toyota, Woven City is just a few miles away from Mount Fuji, Japan, and has been under construction since 2021.

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The futuristic city will act as a "living laboratory" for the company to test its renewable and energy-efficient self-driving cars.

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The first 2,000 residents are set to move in by the end of the year as part of an £8billion study to understand patterns in driver and pedestrian behaviour.

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Once inside the environmentally friendly robo-town, participants will live inside stunning new smart homes running almost entirely on hydrogen.

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Each residence will be kitted out with solar-panel rooftops, AI tech to monitor health and all vehicles and buildings will be connected.

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Toyota boss Akio Toyoda said: "Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies."

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