A German-based company claims they’ve designed the best four-wheel robot that will park the car for you. The system is already functional in Dusseldorf International Airport, and according to its creators the technology is able to park 60 percent more vehicles in one area compared to human drivers. Named Ray, the robot already started its work and, of course, can be booked using an app.
The days when stress is the word for finding an available parking lot or when you find the one spare spot but it’s too tight to fit your precious car in, might actually be over. Serva transport systems, a company based in Grabenstatt Bavaria, in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund, have designed a automated parking system that uses a robot named Ray to park customers’ cars.
As to how it actually functions, well it’s pretty easy. The driver drops-off his vehicle at on of the so called "Vehicle Transfer Stations" and then confirms that the vehicle is empty and ready for pick up. The station scans the car’s dimensions, after which Ray or one of its cybernetic colleagues will take it to one of the 249 parking spaces reserved for robots. The customer is given a ticket which he’ll need to show whenever he decides to take the car back. It costs $39,43 (EUR 29) per day, and according to the Airport’s spokesman, event though anyone can use it the service especially aims business fliers.
Working as a forklift, the machine is able to carry any standard car weighing up to 3 metric tons (3.31 tons) and is fully insured. The single question that probably any person loving his car will ask the minute after he sees Ray is whether to trust its parking skills more than they trust their own.
As to how it actually functions, well it’s pretty easy. The driver drops-off his vehicle at on of the so called "Vehicle Transfer Stations" and then confirms that the vehicle is empty and ready for pick up. The station scans the car’s dimensions, after which Ray or one of its cybernetic colleagues will take it to one of the 249 parking spaces reserved for robots. The customer is given a ticket which he’ll need to show whenever he decides to take the car back. It costs $39,43 (EUR 29) per day, and according to the Airport’s spokesman, event though anyone can use it the service especially aims business fliers.
Working as a forklift, the machine is able to carry any standard car weighing up to 3 metric tons (3.31 tons) and is fully insured. The single question that probably any person loving his car will ask the minute after he sees Ray is whether to trust its parking skills more than they trust their own.