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Parking Attendant 2.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-wonder-what-an-suv-falling-six-stories-sounds-like dept.

theodp writes "Would you trust a robot to park your car? That's the question facing New Yorkers as the city's first robotic parking garage opens in Chinatown. With new software and enough laser and radar sensors to make Fort Knox jealous, it's believed that the new facility — which can squeeze 67 cars in space that would otherwise hold only 24 — will not suffer the kind of glitches that caused the nation's first robotic garage in nearby NJ to drop and trap cars."

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  1. Get me one! by lemmen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get me one so my wife can finally park her car normally!

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  2. Re:Better now than later.. by owlnation · · Score: 3, Funny

    You forgot...

    In Soviet Russia, car parks you.

  3. Re:The FIRST robotic garage in NJ... by rvw · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... did not trap cars due to technical malfunctions, but rather due to a contractual dispute. That sounds more like a "mob"otic garage...
  4. big deal! by keeboo · · Score: 5, Funny

    which can squeeze 67 cars in space that would otherwise hold only 24

    The junk yards have been doing that for years.

  5. Re:Not very detailed by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Probably a Towers of Hanoi type problem. i.e. economically shifting other parked cars to liberate the one right at the back.

    Oh, great. And when you park the 64th car the Universe ends.

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  6. Re:I, Robot by Hanners1979 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm looking forward to Parting Attendant 3.0.

    A hairdressing robot?

  7. The real question by name*censored* · · Score: 3, Funny
    The real question is, do we still tip robots the standard 12%, or do they get 15% for doing such a good job?

    (disclaimer: I don't actually come from a "tipping" country, so I dont know if the 12% is correct)
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    1. Re:The real question by Monkeys!!! · · Score: 3, Funny

      In my experiences with tipping, this simple equation has become quite handy:

      Tip = the change you can't be arsed finding space for in your wallet

      *doesn't come from a tipping country as well, but has "tipped" overseas*

  8. Re:That makes me feel so much better... by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 3, Funny

    But if it's a virtual impossibility, it must have a finite improbability. Let's work out exactly how improbable, feed that into the drive and give it a cup of really hot tea.

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  9. Re:The FIRST robotic garage in NJ... by Idbar · · Score: 5, Funny
    If runs linux, I wouldn't go if that runs on MS OSs. However, about the question:

    Would you trust a robot to park your car?
    I think it's clear that robots won't take your car for a spin, won't move your seats and mirrors or smoke in your car. Unless of course Bender is already out there working for them.
  10. Re:Self-Parking cars by SnapShot · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a story by Calvin Trillin in the NYT about that... ( http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/articl e?res=F70810FE3C5B0C758EDDA80894DF404482 ).

    The sad part is this quote: "The Advanced Parking Guidance System works only if the spot is six and a half feet longer than the car -- the sort of spot, in other words, that the average Manhattan parker comes upon about once every 14 or 15 years."

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