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The
laser-guided "Geta" (get a car) robot slides under your vehicle,
picks it up, finds a parking space in the lot and places the car
in the tightest of spots.
The soon to be launched robot needs just two minutes to park a
vehicle, does not need tracks, has 360 degrees mobility and will
utilize space better than humans, said creators Yee Fung
Automation Technology, based in the south China city of
Shenzhen.
"The parking robot is designed to increase parking space," Yee
Fung’s 33-year-old chief executive and brainchild of Geta, Marco
Wu, told Reuters.
"The robot can go everywhere ... and will reform parking in the
future."
Mainland China is expected to have more than 200 million cars by
2020, the government say, meaning that finding space to park
could become increasingly difficult.
Wu said Geta finds spaces by transmitting signals to a computer
containing a map which then directs the robot to an available
spot.
The purple and lime green robot will cost more than 1 million
yuan ($150,000) and Wu said there had been lots of interest from
cities where space is at a premium.
"There are many companies interested in our products, such as
commercial property companies in Singapore and London, public
parking companies in the Middle East, and developers,
governments, as well as public parking companies in China," he
said.
(Reporting by Reuters TV; Editing by Patrick Johnston)
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