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Theo Farrant

Inside Woven City: Japan’s real-life sci-fi town where robots share the streets with humans

A new experimental town near Mount Fuji is being developed in Japan as a large-scale testbed for robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous, zero-emissions transport in everyday life.

The settlement, which currently spans about 47,000 square metres, is already partially inhabited, with early residents moving through streets shared with autonomous vehicles, delivery robots and AI-driven systems.

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