Stan Valet Airport Parking Robot

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Vinci Airports

Manufacturing/Building Method

Mass production is beginning

Intellectural Property Type

Open Source

User Provision Model

The user books the parking spot via an online platform. The user drops off the car at a specific hangar, turns it off and initiates the robot pick-up and parking procedure.

Distributions to Date Status

Around 100 parking and departure from parking are managed by the robot daily, 4 robots for 500 parking slots

Design Specifications

The robot is designed to lift cars weighing up to 3 tons and measuring up to 18 ft long. It is equipped with lidar, GPS, and sensors allowing it to take and move any cars, lifting them by the wheels and block-parking them efficiently. Stan can place around 100 cars per day. After booking the service on the airport web store, passengers drop-off their car in a designated storage space before taking their flight. Stan's task is to take the car and store it in a secured parking area by sliding underneath and lifting it by the tyres, with no need to start the car. The robot is also connected to the airport traffic management system and can detect when a customer is arriving to prepare the car for final pick-up. The robots are managed by a software to optimize the parking space. The robots are contributing to the Airport Carbon Accreditation initiative by reducing CO2 emissions around the airport.

Technical Support

Unknown

Replacement Components

Unknown

Lifecycle

Unknown

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

The robot can move autonomously and can optimize up to 50% of the available parking spot

Vetted Performance Status

Test results are expected from a test campaign at Roissy Airport in Paris. The successful test campaign enabled them to have the contract with Vinci airport. The design of the prototype would be then finally fully validated.

Safety

Unknown

Complementary Technical Systems

Equipped hangars have to be installed with the robots

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

Unknown

Other Information

None