Automated Parking

[doug]

EcoGeek - Technology for the Environment (http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1638/69/)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWb5LlFE69Y
"The biggest plus of all may be one that MP Systems hasn't even thought of yet: No more urine stains in stairway."

[Jeff]

That is really cool. Wow. I wonder where this is being deployed and also the project cost. Insurance companies will also favor this method of parking no doubt. It seems rather achievable. I wonder if they will rely on programmable logic control. Some logic is heavy. But I'm guessing it shouldn't require microprocessors. Most of the process appears linear and more pattern orientated. Any input Doug?

[malcolm]

The system would need to have some way of checking that the parking brake \ handbrake has been applied and if necessary altering the customer while they get their ticket.

As far as I can see the main bottleneck would be the time taken by returning shoppers to re-pack their vehicle with groceries/kids/etc and drive off the turntable.

Whilst in storage, could a serious coolant or oil leak from one car drip onto the car below?

[TEG]

I saw stuff like that in downtown Tokyo decades ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIGJSFOm3gA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wm5h_6Fpw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_SlcZP6FU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E8ea5-20lI

[vfx]

This is the coolest: YouTube - Audi RSQ parking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7x-umE_NVY)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7x-umE_NVY

[vfx]

This would be cool with the right car:

Car Loft – Lofts mit Garten und Garage auf jeder Etage in Berlin, Kreuzberg (http://www.carloft.com/v0/htdocs/index.php)

[doug]

That's kinda like the parking in Minority Report.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/minority7.jpg

[malcolm]

OOOCH!

FAIL: Multi-level Parking in NYC (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/10/fail-multi-level-parking-in-nyc/)

[vfx]

More like a vending machine.

http://www.woehr.de/en/projekte/budapest_m730/index.htm

[vfx]

Gizmodo has a dozen of these:
http://gizmodo.com/5719323/robotic-car-park-gallery/gallery/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAQ0ewhZWs4&feature=player_embedded
http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/12/carparks7.jpeg
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/12/carpark3.jpeg

[TEG]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/355627389_9fd05db199_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meckleychina/355627389/)

http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/cocktail_party_physics/images/2007/12/08/volkswagen_autostadt_580x.jpg

[NigelM]

There used to be a concept like this when I lived in Munich, except that it went underground rather than above ground. Pretty cool idea for hiding unsightly car parks.

[Lloyd]

Here is Audi's design for parking!

http://www.wimp.com/carparking/

[Raffy.Roma]

Here is Audi's design for parking!

http://www.wimp.com/carparking/

Nice but I wouldn't trust an electronic system to drive the car that way without me being in the cabin.