In Düsseldorf, A Robot Valet Will Park Your Car

Posted by timothy on Friday July 4, 2014 @05:39PM from the stephen-king-is-taking-notes dept.

stephendavion (2872091) writes In Germany, high tech has come to airport parking. Last week, Düsseldorf airport (DUS) introduced robot valets to take the hassle out of parking for travelers. Travelers can leave their cars at the arrival level of the ParkingPLUS structure. As they leave, they confirm on a touch-screen that no one is in the car. The robot valet, nicknamed "Ray," takes it from there. The robot measures the vehicle, picks it up with a forklift-like system, and takes it to the back area, where it will position it in one of the 249 parking spots reserved for automated valets. The machine is capable of carrying standard cars weighing up to 3.31 tons.

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i don't wanna hear how lazy americans are. by NemoinSpace · 2014-07-04 17:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Maybe we don't want to make our cars any more, but we have plenty of highly skilled valets.
1. Re: i don't wanna hear how lazy americans are. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-04 18:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  > We've become the laughing stock of the world.
  Only to hipsters and eurofags. They bleat about tolerance and inclusion, except when it comes to people they disapprove of, and then suddenly they become snarky sarcastic little bitches with superiority complexes.