Stanley Robotics has launched its self-driving robot valets at France's Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport. For €54 ($61) per week, customers can park their vehicle in Stanley's hangars and leave, after which the car is scanned before the self-driving forklift-like robots manoeuvre the vehicle into the 500-space car park. The service will be available to all passengers on flights from Paris to Lyon beginning next month. The system has been tested previously at the airports of Dusseldorf, Charles De Gaulle and Gatwick, but Lyon-Saint-Exupery marks its first full-time service.
Stanley Robotics has launched its self-driving robot valets at France's Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport. For €54 ($61) per week, customers can park their vehicle in Stanley's hangars and leave, after which the car is scanned before the self-driving forklift-like robots manoeuvre the vehicle into the 500-space car park. The company claims to use the space 50% more efficiently thanks to the robots' precision and the integration of a customer's return time, allowing vehicles to be parked four rows deep. The system has been tested previously at the airports of Dusseldorf, Charles De Gaulle and Gatwick, but Lyon-Saint-Exupery marks its first full-time service.