Good stepping stone until all cars just park themselves (or drive around collecting other people).
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This is a few innovations beyond cars parking themselves - the Stan robots can continuously rearrange cars to optimally use space. To accomplish the same thing, cars would all have to communicate with each other. You can't even charge a Nissan Leaf on a Tesla Supercharger today, having them talk to each other to negotiate parking spots might never happen. But with these robots, more efficient use of space = smaller parking lots = more room for other things.
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Is this really able to compete in terms of costs with an (on-demand) human valet parking team? Isn't it necessary to maintain these machines and the logistical brain behind the scene?
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Will be instantly obsolete when driverless cars can be told to park themselves. But I love the video as a case study of a simple robotic device ephemeralizing an entire occupation: parking lot valets.
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