# Rise of the Machines:  Robotic Parking Garage

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-robotic-parking-garage/390093>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-robotic-parking-garage/390093 "2007-01-30T07:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-robotic-parking-garage/390093/1 "2007-01-30T07:07:02Z")

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[I think that this is the telling part of the article:](http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006296256)

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> Although the technology has garnered a good track record overseas, the first public robotic garage in the United States has been riddled with technical glitches that has trapped and dropped cars.
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> The system works with the driver leaving the car on a pallet while it is lowered into the garage, then shifted to a vacant parking space by a computer-controlled contraption.

Uh, yeah, I don’t think I’ll be letting my baby near one of those monsters, thank you very much. Also, I think that it’s rather telling that their [website appears to be down.](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robopark.com%2F&ei=6ey-RZT1LIG4ggT9tvCcCg&usg=__DDGPckgyMqqALkKuRNhE3K0RXRg=&sig2=OAXJ7pY_f8QrCooNuupGYQ)

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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-robotic-parking-garage/390093/2 "2007-01-30T07:42:01Z")

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I read that news story from my Wii!

/Sorry, almost completely irrelevant, but awesome nonetheless.

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-robotic-parking-garage/390093/3 "2007-01-30T16:10:21Z")

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I remember first seeing this proposed in Mad magazine. Life is weird.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-robotic-parking-garage/390093/4 "2007-01-30T16:38:08Z")

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So.  
People need a garage, to park their robots in.  
😉  
😃