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tommyk90
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Meh, thats not really a bad idea. Cramming more cars into the same space.
One of my friends parents moved to downtown chicago into a condo, and they have to pay $3000 a year just for a parking space!
One of my friends parents moved to downtown chicago into a condo, and they have to pay $3000 a year just for a parking space!
i think its kinda cool. but i wouldnt trust my truck to it. ill park it myself
imagine theft if someone broke into the garage tho? no one to stop them?
and a whatwas it..6 story drop once? and a 4 story drop!? wish i coulda seen it
imagine theft if someone broke into the garage tho? no one to stop them?
and a whatwas it..6 story drop once? and a 4 story drop!? wish i coulda seen it
tommyk90
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Well, they could probably get stuff out of the cars, but that holds true for any parking garage.
As for stealing cars, they'd have to manipulate the automated system to work in their favor.
i was kindof leaning towards theft of whats inside the vehicle. then i studied the pictures attached to the story and saw the layout and mechanics of the garage, and determined that would be quite a feat to accomplish in itself.
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I'm sure the whole place is extremely tight and you probably couldn't even get into the cars without breaking windows.
more than likely. itd be interesting though. id imagine the "sensor" that checks if everyone is out of the car would be the easiest way to get in there. impossible to check whats in the truck, what if someone had boxes or just a bunch of clothes and crap on their backseat, or dark window tint? too many variables there. id think thatd be easiest point to enter.
Steven206Seattl
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this would be like Tokyo. like tokyo drift when theyre waitin for bow wow's car
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Would you trust a robot to park your car? The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown.
The technology has had a good track record overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has been troublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical glitches.
Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology and are counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that would otherwise fit only 24, accomplished by removing a ramp and maneuver space normally required.
A humanoid robot valet won't be stepping into your car to drive it.
Rather, the garage itself does the parking. The driver stops the car on a pallet and gets out. The pallet is then lowered into the innards of the garage, and transported to a vacant parking space by a computer-controlled contraption similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.
There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explain the system to baffled humans.
Parking rates will be competitive — about $400 monthly or $25 per day, according to Ari Milstein, the director of planning for Automotion Parking Systems, the U.S. subsidiary of Germany's Stolzer Parkhaus, which has built automated garages in several countries overseas and in the United States for residents of a Washington, D.C., apartment building.
Another company had built the only other public robotic garage in the United States, the one with a checkered past.
Built in 2002 across the river in Hoboken, N.J., with 314 spaces for monthly rentals only, the garage dropped an unoccupied Cadillac Deville six floors in 2004 and a Jeep four stories the following year. Early last year, a malfunction that went unrepaired for 26 hours trapped cars inside.
This summer, the city of Hoboken tried to wrest control of the garage from its builder, Robotic Parking Systems Inc. of Clearwater, Fla., and an ensuing court battle shut it down for two weeks, trapping some cars inside. The garage is closed until Thursday as the city replaces the controlling software, city spokesman Bill Campbell said.
The technology has had a good track record overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has been troublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical glitches.
Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology and are counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that would otherwise fit only 24, accomplished by removing a ramp and maneuver space normally required.
A humanoid robot valet won't be stepping into your car to drive it.
Rather, the garage itself does the parking. The driver stops the car on a pallet and gets out. The pallet is then lowered into the innards of the garage, and transported to a vacant parking space by a computer-controlled contraption similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.
There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explain the system to baffled humans.
Parking rates will be competitive — about $400 monthly or $25 per day, according to Ari Milstein, the director of planning for Automotion Parking Systems, the U.S. subsidiary of Germany's Stolzer Parkhaus, which has built automated garages in several countries overseas and in the United States for residents of a Washington, D.C., apartment building.
Another company had built the only other public robotic garage in the United States, the one with a checkered past.
Built in 2002 across the river in Hoboken, N.J., with 314 spaces for monthly rentals only, the garage dropped an unoccupied Cadillac Deville six floors in 2004 and a Jeep four stories the following year. Early last year, a malfunction that went unrepaired for 26 hours trapped cars inside.
This summer, the city of Hoboken tried to wrest control of the garage from its builder, Robotic Parking Systems Inc. of Clearwater, Fla., and an ensuing court battle shut it down for two weeks, trapping some cars inside. The garage is closed until Thursday as the city replaces the controlling software, city spokesman Bill Campbell said.
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