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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Personally, I like the garage seen in I,Robot.  This does seem to be a step in that direction though]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pretty insane...looks like minority report is finally coming true! (Well, parts of it anyway :p)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajiv Kotecha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[I thought it was iRobot that had the robotic parking garage.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fluid, smooth, classy.<br>Not too expensive either.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Minority Report? They had this is the Thunderbirds, that one even used pallets. Though in the end it crashed, causing a fire and trapping people.....Lets just hope that bit doesn't come true.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Meep UK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 3:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Saw one of these 20 years ago in Japan.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[M Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two points for using a TiAg Silver BMW M3 convertible sport!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Rodewald]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[why does it have to be subject to trojans, worms and such?  who said it is not a self-contained system? Once it works like it's supposed to, what updates would it need? If needed, they can be done locally connected computer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[anonymous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 2:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Exactly, most of these robotic systems are built with PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) systems.  They're written in a very simple and reliable language.  The fancy GUI front-end generally talks to the PLC via serial and issues simple commands like "Fetch Car 352"  or "Store car", and the PLC has the real vehicle moving logic that is totally isolated from any typical PC crap.  This is the kind of system we used to use in our factory automation stuff at an automotive plant I worked for.  We had linux front-ends for database and barcode scanning, and then the robotic conveyor was a non-networked separate system with separate barcode scanners.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperQ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[these things have been in taiwan for a REALLY long time now...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[anonymous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 8:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow, that Matt Sullivan has some very impressive art-ic-you-lay-shun.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wonderboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 3:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA["I'm afraid I can't let you park there, Dave."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 4:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[so what happens when you leave the car in reverse?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 3:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[What happens if you leave the car in neutral?<br><br>Someone should make a video of that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 3:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is there a separate Entrance and Exit area?  Otherwise if someone was trying to get in while it was bringing your car out, you'd have issues.<br><br>But I'd use these things in a second.  The time savings along would make it worth paying an extra buck or two.  No more driving in circles for 5 minutes trying to find a spot.  Park it, and Forget it.<br><br>Hopefully as they get more mainstreamed, they'll get cheaper to build and will become more common.  Especially since you can cram so many more vehicles in the same space that just rocks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 3:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[It costs *less* than a normal parking garage]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 5:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Trojans and worms are irrelevant in practice. What is relevant is that the robot is both the bottleneck and the weak link. When there are two or three or more cars that need to park or leave everyone has to wait. And when the robot malfunctins all 67 cars are trapped. I had one nearby 10 years ago. They spent millions reconverting the hole into a regular parking.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 7:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[How long before someone stays in their car and gets trapped down there?  Some idiot is gonna do it soon.  I'm sure theres an emergency button down there though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pyro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 4:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[There are motion sensors to detect that nobody is left in the vehicle. Entirely foolproof? No. But at least they thought of that ahead of time.<br><br>Thermal imagery would probably be the safest check that no person (or more likely, no pet) is left in the car. Probably would add to the cost and introduce more problems though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GeneMack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 4:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Major problem is that a still-warm engine is going to look like a small person to thermals, until it cools down.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan M]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 5:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[They've had cooler ones than these in Japan for almost 20 years.....get with the times..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tito]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 4:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's about time we're catching up to Japan.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Shah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 5th 2007 11:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Those are some SICK laser scanners on the ceiling!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Al]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can see these gaining in popularity in cities like NY and LA where population densities are high.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Laks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 6:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[As others have mentioned bring on the I, Robot huge underground robotic parking garages!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darien]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 6:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[+ with something like this i would feel a lot safer as the car won't get broken into a robbed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 6:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[I like the idea, but I can't see waiting for my car to come out in a line in any sort of busy garage, wait times would be terrible. For a small high class condo complex where the garage is part of the package this would be great, or long term parking like an airport.<br><br>One solution would be to have a phone number that could be called ahead that would bring your car up and park it in maybe one of a relative number of regular parking spaces a few minutes before you've said you were going to need it. That would really make it more efficient and reduce waiting]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexkapone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 6:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[alexkapone beat me to it:)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jozue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 6:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[but the waiting times to retreive/store your car have to be a pain. if not now, they will be in the future as they get more popular.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jozue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 6:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like New York has a new baby sitter! ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vagrant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 8:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[GO HOBOKEN!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Homer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 10:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[As others have mentioned, I saw these in Japan over 20 years ago as well. The system, however, is a lot simpler (and in my opinion, faster and more efficient): on a ferris wheel like arrangement, cars park on platform, platform moves clockwise (no transferring to different areas, no shuffling). Each car is on its own platform, and take up much less space since the building is vertically inclined. When you're ready to go, the wheel turns till your car comes around and you drive away happy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 1:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh, forgot to mention. I live in Okinawa and I'm friends with a hotel owner, and he told me that the G.I./pilots staying there are always intrigued and wowed by his parking system. Gotta be efficient when land is scarce!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 1:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our car-parking robot overlords. And yes, we will have to tip them soon.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shmoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robotic parking garage in action]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/robotic-parking-garage-in-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our new car-parking, Strauss-spewing, robotic overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whatsizface]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 14th 2007 4:17PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
