Hyundai Motor Group's car-parking robots demonstrated Thursday how vehicles can be moved and rearranged in parking spaces without human intervention.
The technology was demonstrated through a pilot project led by a consortium of Hyundai Motor, Hyundai WIA and Hyundai Engineering & Construction. It marks the first project in Korea to deploy parking robots across more than 50 parking spaces at an actual residential complex.
Using the robots, residents can request vehicle transfers through wall-mounted pads inside their units, including directing the robots to bring their cars to designated pickup areas. The robots can also lift and reposition double-parked vehicles, helping ease parking congestion.
Hyundai Motor Group has also integrated the robots with smart infrastructure in apartment complexes and developed a parking management system capable of controlling up to 200 robots simultaneously.
The group plans to expand the technology to transportation hubs, commercial properties and public facilities, while exploring regulatory changes to support its wider adoption.
“The pilot project demonstrates the potential of parking robots and marks a step toward applying robotics and mobility technologies in real urban environments,” Jung Ho-geun, vice president of Hyundai Motor's Future Strategy Division, said.
“We will work to develop parking facilities into smart city hubs connecting people, mobility, robots and urban infrastructure.”
By Jung Young-seon (jyoungseon8@heraldcorp.com)
