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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Re: i don't wanna hear how lazy americans are. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-04 19:24 · Score: 0, Troll

There's a difference between tolerating fat people and tolerating the ideology which leads to such fatness.
I wouldn't mock any individual for being fat, but I sure as hell am going to mock America for being nothing but an undereducated, overweight bully - this century's Dying Empire.
To blame are your stupid culture of over-consumption rooted in an ideological capitalism rather than a pragmatic mixed economy, coupled with your anti-scientific denial that companies are able to propagandise unhealthy shit to you ("oh, the brain is a perfect rational ideal! only morons can be influenced!").