Today we visited the Toyota car plant. We woke up extremely early and left from Nagoya station for Toyota City. After an extremely complex train journey, we finally arrived in Toyota City and spent the first hour viewing Toyota's prototype and experimental cars, which were extremely innovative. In particular, I was extremely impressed by a ultra-lightweight car made like a shell (see photos).

We were then shown a short video before boarding a bus for a tour of the car plant. Our first stop was the assembly line, ｗｈｅｒｅ　ｔｈｅ　ａｕｔｏｍａｔｅｄ　ｒｏｂｏｔｓ　ａｓｓｅｍｂｌｅ　ａｎｄ　ｗｅｌｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｂｏｄｙ　ｐａｎｅｌｓ　ｏｆ　ｎｅｗ　ｃａｒｓ　ｔｏ　ｆｏｒｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｈａｐｅ　ｏｆ　ａｌｌ　ｃａｒｓ．Ｓｅｅｉｎｇ　ｔｈｅ　ｒｏｂｏｔｓ　ｗｏｒｋ　ｓｏ　ｆａｓｔ　ａｎｄ　ｓｏ　ｐｒｅｃｉｓｅｌｙ　ｗａｓ　ｉｎｃｒｅｄｉｂｌｅ．

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