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In March 2005, the curtain lifted on EXPO 2005, or the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan,
which is themed on Nature’s Wisdom and will last for approximately six months. Under the
banner “The Dream, Joy and Inspiration of Mobility in the 21st Century,” the Toyota Group
Pavilion, which is the culmination of efforts by Toyota and 15 other Group companies, offers
a glimpse of Toyota’s advanced technology through performances and exhibits. As of July 4th,
10 million people had visited EXPO 2005. Our pavilion has become one of the event’s main
attractions.
In the main theater, a Toyota Partner Robots band
gives a musical rendition that even includes a robot
rapper. Other futuristic players in the dazzling performance include single-seater i-unit concept
vehicles and mountable walking i-foot robots. The show is a window on tomorrow’s technology
and vehicles and the possibilities they offer for the creation of an ideal society in the 21st century
that is mobility based and in which the elderly and physically challenged can move autonomously.
Testifying to the high-reliability of our technology, all of those performances have operated
without a hitch during the exposition.
The design and operation of the exhibition facility make it an environmentally friendly
Natural-Cycle Earth Pavilion. For example, we have used a steel frame that can be dismantled and
reused for the main structure, recycled paper for the outer walls, and kenaf for part of the inside
walls. We aim to eliminate building material waste after the exposition closes by completely
disassembling the building to recover those materials. Also, we are realizing zero net CO2
emissions by producing electricity at a wind-power generator constructed off-site.
In addition, Toyota’s fuel cell hybrid buses, which combine high-pressure, hydrogen-supplied
fuel cells and hybrid technology, are providing transportation between EXPO 2005’s two event
sites. What is more, our next-generation Intelligent Multimode Transit System (IMTS) shuttles
visitors around one of the event sites. Fueled by compressed natural gas, IMTS is based on
technology that allows the unmanned platoon, or train-like, operation of several non-
mechanically linked buses on dedicated roads and manual operation on ordinary roads.
The Toyota Group hopes that its ideas will catalyze the creation of new values and lifestyles in
the 21st century and, in turn, generate an ever-widening wave of technological innovation.
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Toyota Group Pavilion
Next-generation IMTS
Futuristic i-unit concept vehicles
EXPO 2005
Performance at the main theater
TOYOTA GROUP PAVILION—THE DREAM, JOY AND INSPIRATION
OF MOBILITY IN THE 21st CENTURY