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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. 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.

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

    I'm looking forward to Parting Attendant 3.0.

    A hairdressing robot?

  3. 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.