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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What could possibly go wrong by arth1 · 2014-07-04 17:57 · Score: 1, Insightful

Forklift?
Unless the forklift goes under the wheels, I see this go terribly wrong for many cars. They're not designed to be lifted by forklift.
1. Re:What could possibly go wrong by itzly · 2014-07-04 19:48 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  I love how the first reaction is to come up with a disadvantage that affects 0.01% of the population. Simple solution: cars that don't have 4 wheels can't be parked by the robot and they'll send you to the regular lot.