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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. The FIRST robotic garage in NJ... by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... did not trap cars due to technical malfunctions, but rather due to a contractual dispute.

    1. Re:The FIRST robotic garage in NJ... by massysett · · Score: 4, Informative

      In NJ, it was a battle over the software used to run the garage. It was proprietary software, which made it easy for the vendor to hold the city hostage. Remember this story?

      http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/ 08/1512211

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  2. Not Really New by Garrett+Fox · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't entirely a new idea. Tokyo already has space-efficient parking garages that stack cars using turntables and elevators. I think the images atop this link are fake, but the video appears real and this appears similar to what I saw from outside.

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    1. Re:Not Really New by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 5, Informative

      The picture you think is fake is an actual "garage" at VW. It's not something where you park your car, but it's where new cars are stored awaiting the customers. (You had a hint in the text, plus all cars in the picture are clearly VWs) It's in "Autostad" near Wolfsburg.

      It saves a bit space and is a nice to show off ;-)

  3. Self-Parking cars by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Informative

    too late... self-parking cars are already available... in Japan...

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