“Robotic Parking”, with mobile phone access, in Dubai
Khaleej Times Online reports on the first robotic parking facility in Dubai. Sounds interesting, though in the absence of a photo, and with some curious translation, it is difficult to ascertain if this is something new, or just a new trial of an old automated parking system.
I like how the system retrieves your car through an automated touch-tone interface via your mobile phone! With Spark Parking you could also pay for your robotically parked car from your phone.
The pricing quoted in the article is intriguing. The pilot project holds 14 cars in a 7.5m x 7.5m footprint at a cost of about $681,000, or about $49,000 per space. A similar facility for 500 cars would cost about $5.45 million, or about $11,000 per space. This is remarkably cheap for structured (as opposed to surface) parking, which typically ranges in price from $15,000 to $50,000 per space, especially when you consider that the “robotic” parking system can pack far more cars into a given footprint.
If anyone has more details on this project or the technology, please feel free to post a comment!
February 7th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
We have a Leading Edge parking system that is less than half the price as the one mentioned above. The price listed for around $11K per space is fairly preposterous since the technology involved is much more complicated than that.
That being said we have just signed a contract to erect the Worlds Largest, and fastest, Automated Parking Structure in Media City. For more information please refer to http://www.apexskypark.com.
March 21st, 2009 at 9:43 am
We are Contractors and Steel Engineering and fabrication company and looking for a business partners in the field of Robotic car parking systems and garages